Named for the Greek mythological figure known as the “Mother of Monsters,” Echidna reclaims the legacy of a creature long cast in shadow. Half-woman, half-serpent, Echidna embodies a threshold existence—liminal, layered, and powerfully misunderstood. Rather than a warning or villain, this work frames her as a generative force of ferocity, care, and deep creative potential.

Constructed from rescued industrial rope, fur scraps, and an aluminum ring repurposed from a discarded retail display table, Echidna is dense with complexity while compact in form. Fur elements nestle within thick, knotted textures—partially hidden, partially revealed—offering both invitation and enigma. The coiled softness and tightly wrought mass evoke gestational potency, concealment, and the primal ambiguity of transformation.

Part of the Gravid: Mothers of Monsters series, this piece asks viewers to reconsider their own monstrousness as a site of creative force, unsettling beauty, and fierce, embodied wisdom.