The Patron Saint of Tension

2019|Glazed Porcelain|30x120x3cm

The tooth grinding epidemic struck a small isolated village due to many tragedies that occurred in a short span of time. The patron Saint of tension arrived shortly after. It walked through the gates of town and settled into a house near a tree. The first thing people noticed was the giant head the Saint possessed. While running and errand the Saint noticed a villager grinding their teeth and offered a listening ear and kind words of advise. This started other people to visit the Saint and also encouraged them to speak amongst themselves until one day, the village had an evening of collective crying. As a sign of gratitude everyone gave the Saint one of their teeth. The Saint opened its mouth and put every single one of the teeth in the gums of their mouth which instantly grew into proportion with its giant head.