This collection draws inspiration from a larger theme of human greed and decadence, as
visualized through the capture and preparation of endangered ortolans as meal.
The Tradition of capturing and force feeding the tiny birds before drowning them in brandy and
roasting them whole, to be consumed under the veil of a napkin, is a disturbing and poignant
symbol of the destruction of human greed.
The collection flows through five stages: the bird free in nature, the ortolan captured, the ortolan
being prepared for consumption, the consumption of the ortolan as seen through man, and the final remnants of the songbird.
Each piece is a testament to the complex and often paradoxical nature of human desire
