Entitled: “Put Back Together from Pieces Broken Before,” the Kintsugi project is one about insecurities, and the strength that it takes to openly show them in a society so focused on hiding them. Each image was shot with a Canon DSLR, printed out on matte paper, and embellished with gold; gold thread, gold markers, gold colored pencils.

The box puzzle has been left mainly whole, as while I have been broken and frayed around the edges, I have not been broken completely. I am still me, I am pieced together by tape and tears but I am me.