Mortal Beauty: Subaquatic Impressions of Morpho Didius & Menelaus Butterflies swarmThe 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
sm w 40 gms h120 x w30 x d30 mm
museum u/v varnish & mount
allowing wave behaviour to be observed directly through controlled
now with the introduction of a coke within the scene
small 1 w 26 gms h22 x w22 x d70 mm
water and the material conditions of image formation
Fabricated in the exact same Carbon Neutral way as at the 'Makers Place' carbon neutral recycling studio I setup in the Maldives
Sold as an unmounted print
Monochrome recordings heighten our consciousness of our precarious existence
Global delivery can take up to 2 weeks
museum u/v varnish to protect the print
This is then overpainted in oil and finished in a craquelure varnish
