Tau Lewis remixes found materials using craft techniques like quilting, dyeing, appliqué, and assemblage. Stitching together pieces of history and personal experience, she honors African diasporic traditions of creative repurposing and upcycling. Her monumental sculptures often carry an ancestral presence, working within a long lineage of Black cultural producers who reach across time to unearth stories and memories embedded in textiles. The intense labor and care Lewis pours into each layered installation advocates for a future of love, healing, and justice.

Opus (The Ovule) is just one figure in a fictional universe Lewis calls T.A.U.B.I.S. Spirits in this universe are caring, compassionate, and free from earthly hierarchies. Opus’ head is their omniscient power source—floating flower garlands collect and upload knowledge into one unified consciousness. As its title suggests, this sculpture captures the hope of fertility, growth, and transformation. Merging elements of the feminine and masculine, human and plant, Opus (The Ovule) blossoms and unfurls, beckoning us into a genderless utopia.