Artwork description: This sculpture is an evocative representation of memory suspended in time, titled in honor of my great-grandmother—a personal hero whose presence has become a faded yet cherished memory. The flowing, warped glass forms suggest the distortion of recollection over time, bending and twisting much like stories passed down through generations. What begins as a clear, sharp memory becomes stretched, blurred, and fractured as it is passed on, leaving behind a beautiful yet imperfect ruin, a relic of both the past and the present. The sculpture's sinuous lines and curves mimic the organic, unpredictable nature of memory. The transparent glass, with hints of yellow and dark stripes running through it, symbolizes clarity interspersed with fragments of forgotten moments, much like the way memory can be vivid yet elusive. The striking contrast between smooth, polished surfaces and irregular, jagged edges embodies the tension between preservation and loss—the memory of my great-grandmother, once full and vibrant, now remains as a fragmented echo of her once-powerful presence. The use of glass in this piece is significant, as it represents both fragility and strength. Glass can be broken but also holds the power to endure in new forms, much like the legacy of a life lived and remembered through others. The warm yellow hues evoke a sense of nostalgia and warmth, while the dark streaks remind the viewer of the inevitable passage of time and the changes that accompany it. Ultimately, this sculpture is a meditation on the beauty of decay, the persistence of memory, and the ways in which personal history is continuously reshaped, reinterpreted, and ultimately preserved, however imperfectly, by those who carry it forward.