This piece leans more openly into the idea of weaving — threads crossing, loosening, shifting direction, even running along the diagonals. When I started shaping this series, I looked for a mythological figure whose domain matched the direction of the work. Minerva fit naturally. In Roman tradition she’s the goddess of wisdom, crafts, strategy, and the woven arts, and she’s part of the Capitoline Triad alongside Jupiter and Juno. A figure associated with clarity, structure, and deliberate skill. If you want to explore her further, head over to Wikipedia: Minerva.

Some patterns feel woven even when they aren’t. This piece plays with that idea — lines crossing, slipping past each other, sometimes over, sometimes through. A kind of structure that suggests weaving without committing to it. Consider this the first step in a quieter direction.

After completing the Vulcan series, I still have a few prototypes on the workbench. These are related to the Vulcan series, But adding them to Vulcan would extend a set that I already feel is complete. And so would diminish that series as a complete work. I am starting a new series today, based on those unpublished prototypes. These will feel familiar, let's call them Vulcan-adjacent. neutral