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 The Atlas of Fragile Systems is an ongoing body of work examining how biological systems carry, distribute, and respond to strain. Inspired by anatomical structures, the series focuses on moments where balance is maintained, transferred, interrupted, or surgically altered. 

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Working in ink, each piece is built through controlled linework.  Gold leaf is introduced sparingly, not as ornament, but as a marker of outcome and intervention: where flow is redirected, where continuity is imposed, or where the system has been deliberately changed.  The concept for this was inspired by the Japanese art of Kintsugi, repairing items with gold, they are never again the same but they are still functioning and in some cases stronger.

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Rather than illustrating specific conditions, the works operate as observations of behaviour. Structures may appear stable, but closer inspection reveals uneven distribution, interruption, and adaptation. Intervention is not presented as resolution, but as a continuation, an altered state through which the system must persist.

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The series began with The Sacred Heart chapter, inspired by work in the National Institute for Prevention and Cardiovascular Health (NIPC).  The current chapter in creation is Dual Filtration, and you can see both chapters in the series by clicking below.