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Brass, Steel, Chain, Stone
11’ 6” x 5’5” x 4” (2)
2025
Commission for Fifth Space at the Sophie Maxwell Building
Future Heirlooms is a celebration of lineage — of family. Future Heirlooms honors Sophie Maxwell’s legacy and the three generations of San Francisco stewardship, community care, advocacy, and soft power that she and her family embody. Inspired by Sophie’s impeccable personal style — a form of communication unique to her — this work translates adornment into architecture. It communicates the softness and delicacy of power.
Crafted from brass, steel, chai and stone, the installation draws from feminine ornamentation to express strength that is neither loud nor domineering. Its draped forms evoke necklaces passed between mothers, daughters, and granddaughters: treasures that hold stories as much as value. Here, those gestures are scaled and multiplied, transforming intimate objects into symbols of communal resilience.
Suspended in graceful arcs, the chains suggest movement and continuity — the way leadership can be inherited, reshaped, and carried forward. Light reflects softly on the metal, introducing a sense of ephemerality: a reminder that power can be delicate and still enduring.
The reflecting brass and steel sculptures are intentionally placed directly the lobby’s entrance. It asks viewers to notice the beauty and soft power in stewardship and to recognize that the most enduring monuments are the ones we create together — through service, legacy, and love.