Butterfly Ballet in Blue: Underwater Elegance textiles + II artist proofs (each

+ II artist proofs (each a different size & execution)

Rather than concealing the fabrication process

Bringing together four decades of photographic practice

and the distant echoes of the Big Bang

in that no matter what it is the shokunin’s responsibility to fulfil the requirement

Butterfly Ballet in Blue: Underwater Elegance textiles + II artist proofs (eachThe 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