Artificial Vitality came to fruition in part because I’ve been intrigued for a while about the artistic potential of embroidery rings as structural pieces. While the rings and yarn adorning the piece are both part of an artistic medium infused with traditional vitality, I wanted the yarn’s uniform space-dyeing and placement to look uniform and artificial, and the rings’ rigid flares to look confining. This piece presents fabricated connectivity as a fragile façade over a dark, restrictive base.