Based on a fragment of a front door, the elongated, capsule-shaped porcelain panel with delicate ornamentation draws on the artist’s childhood in Thornton Heath, South London, where the front door functioned as a threshold between interior and exterior space.

Drawing on these memories, the work reflects on navigating between protection and exposure: inside, the rituals of a Nigerian household created warmth and structure, while outside, suburban life followed its own rhythms and rules. As an intermediary element, the door organised moments of arrival and departure, shaping the perception and use of space. By isolating and reinterpreting this detail, the work reveals how seemingly mundane architectural elements structure movement and belonging.

The work raises the question of how freedom is negotiated through domestic thresholds — spaces that both protect and constrain, shaping our relationship to the outside world.

Demi Oyeyinka is an artist and designer whose practice engages with memory, architecture, and everyday structures. His work explores how personal and collective narratives are embedded in built environments and made legible through sculptural transformation.