Ada Anyanwụ, meaning “Daughter of the Sun” in Igbo, captures an imagined memory of a secondary school girl returning home in her uniform, pausing for a photograph beneath the harsh afternoon sun, and wearing the earrings her mother gave her – a tender gesture held within the moment. The work reflects on memory as something both lived and constructed, shaped through tenderness and time.

Created on natural tree bark, its live edges are preserved as a record of time and origin – evoking the feeling of an heirloom.