Gallery II
Blood From a Stone
Leandra Brandson
June 13th – Aug 22nd, 2025
earthbound (adjective)
Pronunciation: \ ˈərth-ˌbau̇nd \
Blood From a Stone is a sculptural exploration of queer embodiment, survival, and self-invention through the lens of a queer woman. Featuring figurative ceramics and medival-style carvings, the works follow artist Leandra Brandson as through periods of loss, grief and joy.
Created during a personal reckoning with gender and identity, the sculptural forms are fragmented and mismatched. Constructed in segments and finished with underglaze, directional sprays, flocking, and acrylic. Each work approaches loss with a sense of wonder and whimsy, creating melancholic, tongue in cheek scenes akin to historical manuscript margins.
To reap blood from a stone is an impossible task, yet repeat pursuit of the impossible carries with it a sense of reverence for the task itself.
These works are offerings to those who continue to pursue the impossible, knowing that they will fail and still trying regardless.
