When Thought is Hammered In, 2025, mixed media, 8 x 4.7 x 3 in. / 20.32 x 11.93 x 7.62 cm.

When Thought is Hammered In, Katherine Engen, 2025, mixed media, 8 x 4.7 x 3 in. / 20.32 x 11.93 x 7.62 cm.

When Thought Is Hammered In is a meditation on memory, force, and containment. This sculptural book, bound in metal mesh and filled with rusted nails, evokes the weight of ideas that are not gently absorbed but driven in—sharp, repetitive, unrelenting.