by Will Cottrell | Jul 4, 2025 | Context
Reconciliation Here, the two figures patterned with floral motifs share a moment of recognition. Their patterns interweave across the surface, and their red eyes hint at the intensity of this process; the calm gesture, its eventual peace. The piece is derived from the...
by Will Cottrell | Jul 4, 2025 | Context
Ouroboros Inspired by a 16th-century alchemical emblem and reimagined through digital ornamentation, Chasing Tails explores the cyclical, chaotic pursuit of inner coherence. A wolf, jaguar, and hybrid beast coil endlessly around a central eye—symbol of awareness that...
by Will Cottrell | Jul 4, 2025 | Context
Nigredo II: Two Boulders In alchemy, nigredo is the stage of decomposition—a psychological descent marked by sorrow, stagnation, and disintegration of identity. This piece holds that moment in stone: two massive boulders suspended in a shadowed valley, as if time...
by Will Cottrell | Jul 4, 2025 | Context
Nigredo I: Two Peaks in the Lake The shadowed forms of twin mountains mirror themselves in still water, dissolving into the same blackness. This is not a place on any map but a terrain of despair rendered in geological form. Nigredo, in Jungian terms, is a process...
by Will Cottrell | Jun 30, 2025 | Works
Maquettes Maquettes function as a testing ground for larger sculptural and installation works. Built from small bamboo strips and sticks, they allow structural ideas to emerge through direct experimentation rather than predetermined plans. Their reduced scale makes...
