The Deep Blue Ballet: Underwater Insights into Morphe Didius & Amathonte ButterfliesThe 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

Unique archival pigment print on bamboo conservation paper

The soothing floral aroma calms a racing mind

and disappearance

All photographed on a Hasselblad 6x6cm camera loaded with transparency film

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They are Coca-Cola

and mortality through the symbolic and physical presence of butterflies suspended within water

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

Designed in collaboration with 3D artist Artem Hryshchenko as part of the Distil Ennui Studio™ artist residency programme

4 x 42 cms

5″ (60 × 42 cm)

acrylic faced with pure white capsules