“Mom! … I think my teeth fell out!”

2026

Photo series.

Cast glass; cold-worked and enameled

WARNING: Photos contain fake blood

"Mom! ... I think my teeth fell out!" is a photo series inspired by the collective subconscious that seems to feed the world a similar dream where people's teeth fall out. As an adult, I can recall a time when I ran to my parents every time I felt the urge to vomit or if I felt a fever coming on. Basically, I went to my parents for all the unknowns and uncertainties. Admittedly, I still do, hence why when met with the scenario where all my teeth fall out while brushing my teeth, I immediately yell for my mom saying "I   t h i n k  my teeth fell out". Because certainly my mom will know what to do when her adult child's teeth fall out of their mouth. Certainly, it's not a real panic inducing senario until my mom can talk me through, right? Certainly, my parents know everything, right? My mind knows that my parents don't know everything (they're human) and individual experiences can happen to me that my parents have never experienced, but the child in me feels compelled to ask my parents for their expertise on MY life because of THEIR experiences. The photo series was photographed in a shared bathroom in the house that I grew up in and where I currently reside. I blinked, and suddenly I'm an adult while surrounded by the same spaces, objects, ideas, and voices I grew up with. It's complicated. Within the discomfort and unknowns of growing and aging, I still run to my mom. If that collective dream ever reaches my reality, I will be yelling, "Mom! ... I think my teeth fell out!"