Bound Goddess is a one-of-one wearable work of art exploring beauty, bondage, sexual exploitation, inherited submission, and the reclamation of choice.
The piece emerged during the continuing public revelations surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and the women and girls who were sexually exploited and violated within his network. While it is not a literal representation of Epstein or any individual survivor, that reality became intertwined with its creation. The work speaks to something broader: the ways power can objectify, control, silence, and bind women.
Its beauty is deliberately deceptive. What you see first is the beauty: pink beadwork. Beneath it is the darkness — darker materials, dense construction, heavy stones, chains, and constriction under the ornamentation.
The necklace is intentionally heavy, and prolonged wear becomes uncomfortable. Its weight and texture demand awareness. The chains move against the body, and the neck is physically encircled.
That discomfort is part of the work.
No one chooses what is done to them. A woman does not choose to be violated, exploited, abused, or placed into submission. But survival does not mean forgetting, and healing does not mean pretending it never happened. There must come a point when she remembers she is Goddess.
The wearer chooses to put this piece on. The wearer can choose to take it off.
Being bound was not her choice. Remaining bound does not have to be.
Within the piece are further tensions: feminine adornment alongside masculine anatomical suggestion, beauty alongside discomfort, vulnerability alongside power. Some of these meanings were deliberate; others revealed themselves only after the work was made. Bound Goddess became, in part, an act of discovering what was already there.
In recognition of the women and girls whose lives have been affected by sexual violence and exploitation, 50% of the proceeds from the sale of Bound Goddess will be donated to RAINN in their honor.
Bound Goddess is beautiful.
It is heavy.
It is uncomfortable.
It is bound.
And ultimately, she remembers she is Goddess.
Bound Goddess is a one-of-one wearable work of art exploring beauty, bondage, sexual exploitation, inherited submission, and the reclamation of choice.
The piece emerged during the continuing public revelations surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and the women and girls who were sexually exploited and violated within his network. While it is not a literal representation of Epstein or any individual survivor, that reality became intertwined with its creation. The work speaks to something broader: the ways power can objectify, control, silence, and bind women.
Its beauty is deliberately deceptive. What you see first is the beauty: pink beadwork. Beneath it is the darkness — darker materials, dense construction, heavy stones, chains, and constriction under the ornamentation.
The necklace is intentionally heavy, and prolonged wear becomes uncomfortable. Its weight and texture demand awareness. The chains move against the body, and the neck is physically encircled.
That discomfort is part of the work.
No one chooses what is done to them. A woman does not choose to be violated, exploited, abused, or placed into submission. But survival does not mean forgetting, and healing does not mean pretending it never happened. There must come a point when she remembers she is Goddess.
The wearer chooses to put this piece on. The wearer can choose to take it off.
Being bound was not her choice. Remaining bound does not have to be.
Within the piece are further tensions: feminine adornment alongside masculine anatomical suggestion, beauty alongside discomfort, vulnerability alongside power. Some of these meanings were deliberate; others revealed themselves only after the work was made. Bound Goddess became, in part, an act of discovering what was already there.
In recognition of the women and girls whose lives have been affected by sexual violence and exploitation, 50% of the proceeds from the sale of Bound Goddess will be donated to RAINN in their honor.
Bound Goddess is beautiful.
It is heavy.
It is uncomfortable.
It is bound.
And ultimately, she remembers she is Goddess.
