"If you care, know they'll listen." is an ongoing project which commenced on June 2023. I specify ongoing, as they require semi-regular maintenance to keep their lustre, their life. During a visit to Canada's East Coast for the first time, I landed in my Mom's new home located in New Glasgow NS. She drove us up to Melmerby Beach where we walked in the sand; exchanging sentiment & picking shells--this was our first time alone since I left her nest 4 years ago.

A piece of me lives inside each shell; a relationship established when they came home. They spoke, first as 24 shells before awakening ears & that afternoon I pierced them as my own body, now their own. Today these bodies are adorned with 925 sterling silver & shades of mohair yarn, as I am per diem.

When resting, I keep them inside the box which used to store the pearl necklace my Mom gave me [before it snapped]. They are a sister project to the hard-copy of "Oligarchy & Persimmons", sharing kin materials & depicting an unpierced shell on page 311. All 24 shells have been displayed at the shows "1355" & "Adornment", coming anew from a prior iteration.