Cuckoos are known for brood parasitism: rather than raising their own young, they lay eggs in the nests of other bird species. The unsuspecting host parents incubate the egg and raise the chick as their own, often feeding it even as it grows larger than themselves.

This sculpture captures a cuckoo chick at that uncanny stage - already oversized, yet still demanding to be fed. Its open beak is directed outward, shifting the role of the foster parent onto the viewer. The gesture feels instinctively familiar: a small, vulnerable creature asking for care.

But the recognition is uneasy. This is not your offspring.

The work plays on that tension between empathy and awareness - between the impulse to nurture and the quiet realization of misplaced care - revealing a dynamic in nature that is both endearing and deeply unsettling.