Butterfly Ballet in Blue: Underwater EleganceThe 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

allowing wave behaviour to be observed directly through controlled

and mortality through the symbolic and physical presence of butterflies suspended within water

Dated 1993

0178’  dated 2017

Print size 23

each a different size and execution

Framed in a 3D printed round 'Vortex' design made from polylactic acid more commonly known as cornstarch

finished in museum varnish

Made from plant based polylactic acid

300 grammesProvenance: sold direct from the studio

Creationism Two is a collaborative piece created at the Dark Vat Siberian artist residency hosted by Alexander James Hamilton in 2019

They are a memento mori of collapsing ice sheets