Aquatic Reverie: A Symphony of Life and Death with Morpho Didius & melenausThe 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

0108’  dated 2017

The production process is designed around circular principles with reduced material waste and low energy manufacturing

The print is created underwater of a 'Veiled skull with flowers' from the series 'A beautiful announcement of death' dated 2012-2013

Shibuya District

giving single-use waste a new life

shipped in a triple walled tube

This profiteering has created a terrible legacy for the environment to bear

I initiated this project back in 2013

BACKGROUND NOTES

please always frame behind museum-grade glazing such as Art Glass or equivalent that blocks 97 % + UV

Studio Proof

The original work is photographed underwater with a single unique darkroom print made from the original 8x10 inch film plate