floral vanitas set in black water roses and tulips as never seen before empirical With the finest all silk

With the finest all silk Crêpe De Chine overprinted using pigment dyes the silk face is lush and tactile

tansy and zinnia varieties

and analogue photographic processes

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

floral vanitas set in black water roses and tulips as never seen before empirical With the finest all silkThe Vanitas series revisits the still life tradition through an underwater photographic process, extending a lineage that emerged most prominently in seventeenth century Dutch painting. Working entirely in water, these compositions draw on historical motifs associated with mortality, transience, and the passage of time. Floral specimens, organic matter, and carefully selected objects are staged within a submerged environment where light, reflection,