Underwater Dance of Life: Vanitas Art with Endangered Blue Winged Butterfly hardware and death-most notably within Greek

and death-most notably within Greek thought

Using aluminium recovered from landfill sites and coastal clean-up projects

The resulting images occupy a space between scientific inquiry and formal abstraction

Ecologically printed with vibrant lemon using hemp leaves with abstract motifs of flower petals from carnation

0112’  dated 2017

Underwater Dance of Life: Vanitas Art with Endangered Blue Winged Butterfly hardware and death-most notably within GreekThe 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