Morpho Mirage: Underwater Ballet of Butterfly Life tokyo taxiThe 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
Goya dedicated his entire life to art that captured and expressed the realities of his time
and purity of these reactions have already faded into darkness
These works capture a fleeting moment in time
bubbles have appeared in still-life painting as symbols of vanity and mortality
The works explore this geometry as a metaphor for accumulation
medium w 65 gms h30 x w30 x d105 mm
individually created from the artist’s original maquettes
Within the studio
This ecological process is circular with no carbon footprint or chemicals used in any part of the hand manufacturing process
Global delivery can take up to 2 weeks
Central to this body of work is the butterfly's metamorphosis: a complete and irreversible transformation that unfolds through vulnerability rather than resistance
The process leaves a minimal carbon footprint
