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septum xs

ostrich quill, 14k white gold

2023

the smallest in the ongoing septum series, septum xs distills the tension between vulnerability and defiance into its most compact form. measuring approximately five inches, the piece remains visually assertive despite its minimal footprint. a single ostrich quill—naturally sharp, unmodified—is set in 14k white gold and designed to pass through the nose, retaining the scale of a piercing but the presence of a sculptural gesture.

unlike the other works in the series, xs is rendered entirely in white and cream tones—its restraint chromatic as well as formal. devoid of contrast, it becomes ghostlike: an apparition of defense, an intimate talisman of self-containment. protection here is enacted quietly, almost invisibly. the object asserts itself not through volume but through intent—a refusal compressed to its essential contour.

at this scale, the confrontation is personal. identity is marked not with spectacle but incision. septum xs continues hull’s investigation into adornment as threshold, exploring how the body becomes both site and surface for psychological architecture.