This project has allowed me to work in metal at scale; incorporating a multitude of techniques from forging and raising to riveting and basic chasing. Steel, brass, cotton, and wool absorb the raw energy and emotion exerted into the making of the piece. The traditional canvas or canon of Japanese armor served as firm ground or an anchor in a time where I felt most detached to everything and felt like the ground slipped from under my feet which allowed the following sense of weightlessness that  consumed me. I found solace and power in manifesting those feelings in metal. It was the first piece where I really felt these forces and emotions become tangible and has been a guiding force and motivation ever since.