Lucky charm series
In Austria the pig is used as a symbol of good fortune. People especially use them at new years as gifts, to wish each other well, in the year to come. Another tradition is pouring heated lead into water whereby it creates an abstract form that people use for predictions.  In Denmark it is a common practice to collect Hag stone, rocks with a naturally occurring hole in them. These Hag stones are hung by the front door to ward off evil spirits and bring good luck. The sculptures in this series are a fusion of figurative and abstract forms. The stuffed animals are made purely out of polyester, a highly processed material made by humans, and the naturally abstract shapes of the rocks from the coast. These are then forced tightly together, symbols of luck, but almost squashed under or strangled by the pressure of luck.