In speaking about her installation crafted from coastal driftwood and geometric, galvanized steel structures, Stigora writes, “The spaces we inhabit influence our daily existence. Whether places we choose to live, or locations passed through without thinking, every space has a form that impacts us consciously or subconsciously. Since moving across the country to Seattle from Philadelphia in 2017, I have been confronted with the Pacific Northwest landscape. Seattle includes numerous manifestations of humble handmade dwellings as divergent as coastal driftwood forts to homeless encampments under I-5, which are part of the environment I am responding to. The presence of these cobbled together structures, despite their extreme differences, reflect our universal desire and basic need for shelter.