Mystical Depths: Subaquatic Insights into the Life of Morpho blue butterfly textiles face mounted to gloss museum

face mounted to gloss museum acrylic face & reverse

Hand-stitched on natural undyed linen and filled with a generous amount of intensely fragrant

Kojin Taxi

dated 2014

Mystical Depths: Subaquatic Insights into the Life of Morpho blue butterfly textiles face mounted to gloss museumThe 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