Jayy Leach

The Ache God Leaves, my MECA&D Thesis for May of 2025. Exploring the separations and unities of the law and religion, I present my character, Nigel, who struggles with his troubled past and dividing what he has learned in his work as a court judge with what he was taught in his upbringing within the Catholic Church. He is portrayed as both man and deer, connecting human and nature with their fragility and weaknesses, melting into one being. Using materials such as wood, paint, metal, pieces of deer. skeletons, and found objects, I give Nigel life and expression, taking him out of my mind and displaying him in both 2D and 3D forms. He is put into the world for people’s consumption and interpretations as an accumulation of the materials I’ve learned to use, and the thoughts that I’ve had over the last few years with my own struggles that mirror his in different forms.

MECA&D BFA Thesis Exhibition