Opulence is an overarching concept considered in my practice as it relates to the interconnected relationship between economics, social patterns, beauty, inequity, extraction of resources, labor, morality, gender, and class. Opulence as represented in history includes highly adorned textiles, lacework, beadwork, embroidery, and other handwork, all requiring exquisite and often rare materials such as fine silk, linen, gold threads, and gems. These items require fabrication by highly skilled laborers, who are often compensated at substandard rates, all of which represents the imbalance of our human condition.