Dancing Shadows: A Modern Vanitas Below the SurfaceThe Butterfly, or Swarm, series explores themes of transformation, fragility, and mortality through the symbolic and physical presence of butterflies suspended within water. Across cultures and histories, the butterfly has carried layered meanings regeneration, freedom, spirituality, and death most notably within Greek thought, where it is closely associated with the soul. These works engage with that symbolic lineage while grounding it in direct

The print is of Japanese cherry blossom from the series 'A beautiful announcement of death' dated 2011-2012

2 inches / 22 x 22 x 3 cms

This lineage introduces a temporal dialogue between human intervention and the natural world

Rather than depicting a fixed object

Mounting & Framing:  To keep this Vanitas Drop accessible

then altered

weight +/- 320 grammes - h 22 x w 13  x d 3

this museum grade UV finish allows the print to be framed without glass

sm  w   40 gms h120 x w30 x d30 mm

their delicate beauty inseparable from their inevitable disappearance

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the sand casting process is the same that I developed for the 'Makers Place' single use plastic & aluminium recycling studio that I designed & built from the ground up for Soneva in Noonu Atoll