Symbolic Artistry Contemporary Vanitas with Endangered Butterfly ceramics The collaboration with artist Egor

The collaboration with artist Egor Pasta and audio landscape by SubOctane brings an added dimension to the artwork

historical references and new theoretical writing in a single publication

with 200 colour illustrations across 224 pages

0118’  dated 2017

Symbolic Artistry Contemporary Vanitas with Endangered Butterfly ceramics The collaboration with artist EgorThe 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