"Against the Hands" reflects a quiet but painful truth observed firsthand:- that neglect does not always come from lack of resources, but often from lack of will.
The sculpture portrays a figure surrounded by reaching hands not offering support, but pressure. They represent societal expectations, family shame, and the systems that fail children even when help is possible. The wings emerge not as symbols of freedom, but of endurance... shaped by resistance rather than care.
This work is rooted in the experience of witnessing deaf children being overlooked, even within well-to-do families! where comfort exists but compassion does not always follow. The struggle here is not poverty, but invisibility. The figure stands against what should have protected it.
Each edition of Against the Hands includes an original artwork created by the deaf children supported through the Unfallen initiative, along with a signed Unfallen archival print. These accompanying works serve not as additions, but as living extensions of the piece "The Unfallen" voices that continue the story beyond the sculpture. Stay Unfallen.