Endangered Ephemera Below: Vanitas Photography of Studio-Bred ButterfliesThe 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

around your neck or wrapped around your handbag handle

Unique archival pigment print on bamboo conservation paper

and interference

transforming the familiar language of memento mori into a study of transience

Each photographic print is ordered either in small – 11

and reflection through the interaction of air

20 x 16 inches / 50

this museum grade UV finish allows the print to be framed without glass

The scarf is finished as all quality silk scarves are with a hand rolled silk thread edge

shipped in a tube wrapped in gesso paper direct from the darkroom

and transformative-inviting reflection on the ways living beings adapt to altered states of existence

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