Ripples of Existence: Life and Mortality in Aqua ArtThe 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

The original work is made from pigment fired porcelain ceramic

Muses Radio Taxi IV

The underwater setting slows perception

and transient patterns that exist only for fractions of a second

the construction remains intentionally legible

There I recorded asymmetrical diurnal temperature changes as empirical evidence of global warming

The artist is particularly drawn to the spherical form and has created this work "in camera" without any post-production

Provenance:exhibition 'A beautiful announcement of death' 2012

shot handheld from the saddle of a push bike as I hunted around the city looking for the rarest of company designs

hand-fabricated works that transform recycled materials into functional art

Astronomers have used spinning stars called pulsars to create a galaxy-sized gravitational wave detector revealing the presence of ripples in space-time across the entire universe

most notable the polluted oceans