What if memory didn’t belong to one person, but to all of us? In this latest Ethereal Origins blog, Ralph Paquin explores a new sculptural direction using the symbolic form of the human head as a vessel for collective knowledge, intuition, and human experience. Rather than representing an individual, these evolving sculptures ask how the wisdom, discoveries, and lessons of past generations might inspire a more thoughtful, compassionate, and peaceful future.

In the studio, every new sculpture begins as a question — sometimes whispered, sometimes demanded. “Who Am III?” is one of those questions that insists on being answered through process rather than words. The title carries three I’s intentionally, referencing layered identity, multiplicity, and the fragmented architecture of mystery that underlies much of my Ethereal Origins series. This new work has moved from the raw, intuitive shaping stage into its cast form, revealing surfaces, rhythms,...

Ralph Paquin is currently developing a new sculpture for his ongoing Ethereal Origins series titled “Artifact.” This evolving piece—captured here in its early stages—represents the artist’s fascination with discovery, time, and the hidden continuity between organic and outerworldly forms. Still in progress, Artifact begins as a raw armature wrapped in flowing, interlaced lines, suggesting both containment and emergence. Its form feels simultaneously ancient and futuristic—an object that...