She wears the Crown 2023 installation for Falmouth StreetView a window exhibition.

Materials: Pastry, scrap metal.

Crimped like a crown and filled with scrap metal, the usual comfort of the Cornish pasty becomes something sharp and threatening, challenging what feels safe. I made this piece from leftover materials I didn’t like going to waste. The title, She Wears the Crown, came to me instinctively, and later took on deeper meaning after I received a racial slur on Facebook. It’s about strength, visibility, and turning something painful into something powerful.