Souls in Motion is the third volume in the Curtainfall series — a gothic circus collection that captures skeleton performers frozen in flight. Dancers, aerialists, trapeze artists, and strongmen are carved into Buffalo Nickels, caught in the moment their bodies became stories. Inspired by the legacy of hobo nickel engraving, this volume honors the ones who rose above the ring and never touched back down.
Each figure is rendered in black and white, paired with a poetic ghost story or vignette. The Bone Belle. The Thousand Pound Ghost. The Silent Catch. These are souls caught in the breath between movement and memory — in poses that stretch, twist, and soar across time. Souls in Motion is not a record of performance. It is the preservation of flight. A carved celebration of the moment before gravity remembers.