butterfly and floral vanitas scene underwater in blackThe Vanitas series revisits the still life tradition through an underwater photographic process, extending a lineage that emerged most prominently in seventeenth century Dutch painting. Working entirely in water, these compositions draw on historical motifs associated with mortality, transience, and the passage of time. Floral specimens, organic matter, and carefully selected objects are staged within a submerged environment where light, reflection,

0108’  dated 2017

it’s a tiny

What appears at first as a logo reveals itself instead as a temporary and vulnerable structure

They were elegant

Atoll  —  w 95–105 gms   h50 × w75 × d43 mm

The scarf is finished as all quality silk scarves are with a hand rolled silk thread edge

The Japanese apprentice is taught that shokunin means not only having technical skills & dedication

annotated & numbered (recto)

and analogue photographic processes

and form slowly emerging through physical resistance rather than compositional certainty

This is a unique vintage print (studio proof) dated 2014 from the 'Transparency of a dream' series (2013-Ongoing)

Water functions simultaneously as subject and agent