Blue Mirage: Underwater Vanitas Photography with a Message of Environmental Impact Anna Shinbashi District

Shinbashi District

Yomasuira Kotsu Taxi

This approach allows complex forms to remain lightweight and materially efficient while retaining a tactile quality difficult to achieve through conventional manufacturing methods

This was the first piece to be created in the new recycling studio in the Maldives 'Makers Place'

Blue Mirage: Underwater Vanitas Photography with a Message of Environmental Impact Anna Shinbashi DistrictThe 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