“Soft” is a sculptural series that exalts an often depreciated part of the human body. The project began as an act of self-reconciliation; as a way to make amends with a part of me that I have been bad to. I have hated my belly. The urge to take scissors and cut it off is a sick fantasy I have held since adolescence. Instead, I decided to cut my stomach in clay, sculpting the undulating rolls I have wished flat to better understand the beauty and normalcy of my own body.