Conscience

Conscience embodies the entanglement of faith, morality, and control. The gleaming gold glaze evokes religious iconography and sacred relics, yet the barbed wire disrupts its sanctity, symbolizing oppression and suffering. The cross, crowned with a baby, speaks to the entwinement of innocence and institutional power, while creeping fingers crawl round the surface, grasping for escape or absolution. A clay heart, fragile yet defiant, pulses at its core…bearing witness to the weight of judgment and whispered condemnations. Wire spirals out of control, mirroring the uncontrollable spread of gossip, a force that binds and strangles as much as it reveals.

Capstick, D. (2025) Conscience. Clay, & Wire. 94 x 30 cm.