Ovid named and change metamorphosis and told the story of Pygmalion: the Cypriot sculptor who adorned his Venus with ‘shells from the shore’, ‘flowers of a thousand colors’, and ‘tears of amber dropped from the trees’, and who gifted the goddess ‘rings’ and ‘jewels’ and ‘elegant bands’. Eighteen steps out of any specific myth but likewise rethreads our relationship to the eternal, remorphing what once was, inviting us to relive and remember. Ovid wrote in six-foot verse. Eighteen extends the old reach, being

a reference to the number of woven threads and also the length (18cm) of the needles.»