# N O B L A N K B R A I N S
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Sophie DeFrancesca was born in Toronto, and graduated
from OCA (now OCAD University) in 1990. In the early
2000s, wire mesh emerged as an important material
in her work.
She uses sheaths of metal mesh to hand-shape
human scale forms, and renders hard materials into
ethereal concoctions.
DeFrancesca's creation equates the brain and butter-
flies. The much studied, yet little understood human brain is the most complex
system known to us. Composed of more than a billion neurons making countless
connections, one cannot underestimate our unlimited human potential. The
butterfly goes through countless changes to become the free and beautiful crea-
ture it is. Symbolic of renewal, expansion and growth, the swirling butterflies in
Free Thinker remind us to forgo limiting thoughts, to transcend our challenges, to
reach for our highest potential.
FREE THINKER
BY SOPHIE DEFRANCESCA
