The sculpture series Neogastropoda examines the trauma nature endured in becoming commodity. Western notions of non-humans as resources unravel, as we become acutely aware of the estrangement of having lost our attunement with, and awe for, nature.

Goutos’s handling of the materials- large shells specimens, neglects to accentuate the natural beauty of the form but rather to colonize it with stubborn intent. Invasively splicing through the once-living exoskeleton, ceasing only when the object becomes uncanny, dissected and exposed. What remains uncertain is whether these hybrid creatures are exciting postcolonial, eco-feminist prototypes or organisms in distress- disfigured by human intervention.

For this series, Corrina studied several techniques which illuminate mankind’s imposition onto nature.  Adding connection methods from ancient tree grafting to modern surgical interventions to her repertoire of expert connections from her background as a goldsmith.

Corrina cut and modified the shells with lapidary methods until she revealed its most foreign features.  She altered or created all steel hardware by sawing and milling, cutting threads or otherwise adapting it to be compatible with an organic counterpart.  The endurance of each element and its negative space was precisely calculated to achieve balance and stability between varying fragilities in a 3-D composition.