An unsold Christmas cake. That is what they call a woman over 25 in Japan. Past her best. No longer desirable. Left on the shelf.

The cake is the object that carries that idea. Celebration, sweetness, something to be consumed. With an expiry date built in.

This piece is hand-built in stoneware, modeled on the celebration cake form, with a surface that erupts into teeth, claws, and growths.