Aquatic Ballet: Butterfly Breeding in Liquid Tranquility textiles packed flat in a museum

packed flat in a museum archival clam box wrapped in gesso paper

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

As a Founding Reader

The works explore this geometry as a metaphor for accumulation

Aquatic Ballet: Butterfly Breeding in Liquid Tranquility textiles packed flat in a 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