Aqueous Flight Life and Death Captured in Underwater Art tokyo taxi

Aqueous Flight Life and Death Captured in Underwater Art tokyo taxiThe 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

mounted to a pure recycled copper plate

Artist framed in Shou Sugi Ban chemical free

Three Star Kojin Taxi

This process becomes a metaphor for change itself-total

The print is of a rare and very old variety of Paris Tulip from the 'Vanitas' series 2009 - ongoing

Historically rooted in the Vanitas tradition of still life

Each piece comes with a leather hanging braid

5″ (60 × 42 cm)

5 inches / 57 x 75 cms

I documented the hundreds of differing taxi firms operating in the city of Tokyo

Material character

The design twists as you move through the length of each piece