Celestial Ancestors
In Celestial Ancestors, Stephanie Fuller draws upon the quiet endurance of river stones — shaped by water, time, and chance into natural archives of the Earth’s story. Each sculpture is both grounded and celestial, composed like constellations of matter transformed by flow and touch.
Pebbles of flint, agate, jasper, and quartz become relics of deep time, arranged into rings, relics, and planetary spheres that echo ancient votive forms. Some shimmer with gilt like offerings to unseen gods; others remain bare, their surfaces carrying the memory of currents and mineral histories.
Fuller’s work transforms geology into gesture — balancing weight and delicacy, permanence and renewal. These forms speak of ancestry and migration, of what endures and what evolves. Celestial Ancestors invites us to see within these gathered stones a reflection of ourselves: shaped by time, moved by forces unseen, yet bound to the same elemental rhythm.
