“Soft Terrain” is an ongoing body of work of sculptures built with steel, aluminum, copper and wax. Humans are bodies of water with ecosystems and biomes within them. As bodies of water, we leak through tears, sweat, menstruation and urine among other bodily fluids. I explore fluidity through both concept, form and material through this ongoing body of work. I bring softness to my material through the process of wounding steel and squishing and growing copper, which is also connotative of temporality and a fear of mortality. There is a vulnerability in the rigid materials that shelter our bodies, and the possibility of leak evokes osmosis and cross pollination. This interplay of squishy texture yet visible metal surface creates an uncanny feeling. Metal casting is centered on the idea of metamorphosis. An often-ephemeral object like wax turns into iron, aluminum or bronze, which is more durable and everlasting (but not un-meltable). This play and shift with time is essential since it also captures and freezes fluidity. These very processes of change and beginnings and ends are both present in our own bodies and the ecosystem. Material vitality is a testament that humans can’t hold themselves separate. We are one and the same.