Time is part of the material.
AILOVO is made from resin and brass, but also from waiting, correction and repeated manual decisions. Time is present even when it cannot be seen.
The ten-year duration prevents the work from being separated from the life of the person creating it. Each number records a point in that finite journey.
The end gives meaning to the beginning.
An unlimited object can always be repeated. A finite artwork asks both artist and guardian to recognise that an opportunity will not return forever.
The Protocol of One Thousand fixes that boundary: after the thousandth piece, no other AILOVO will be created. The limit is not a commercial strategy. It is part of the meaning.