The following works - Boat, Paper Cup and Camellia - belong to a newer series entitled Mountains and Valleys. The term “Mountains and Valleys” not only refers to topographic descriptions of landscape, but also to two of the simplest folds within the art of origami - “mountain” folds and “valley” folds. Mountains and Valleys explores the idea that we move through a mysterious world without ever fully knowing its true shape.

 
BOAT  2015H60, W60 cmPencil, polycarbonate

BOAT  2015
H60, W60 cm
Pencil, polycarbonate

 
BOAT (detail)  2015H60, W60 cmPencil, polycarbonate

BOAT (detail)  2015
H60, W60 cm
Pencil, polycarbonate

 
 
 
PAPER CUP  2015H60, W60 cmPencil, polycarbonate

PAPER CUP  2015
H60, W60 cm
Pencil, polycarbonate

 
PAPER CUP (detail) 2015H60, W60 cmPencil, polycarbonate

PAPER CUP (detail) 2015
H60, W60 cm
Pencil, polycarbonate

 
 
 
CAMELLIA  2015H60, W60 cmPencil, polycarbonate

CAMELLIA  2015
H60, W60 cm
Pencil, polycarbonate

 
CAMELLIA (detail) 2015H60, W60 cmPencil, polycarbonate

CAMELLIA (detail) 2015
H60, W60 cm
Pencil, polycarbonate

 
 
 

For the works I call Unfolding Cosmos, I recreate the folding patterns of 25 classic origami shapes - animals, flowers, objects, etc, and then integrate them into a seamless whole. The result is a terrain of lines where boundaries blur and one existence connects with another.

 
UNFOLDING COSMOS  2015H200, W200, D1 cmPolycarbonate

UNFOLDING COSMOS  2015
H200, W200, D1 cm
Polycarbonate

 
UNFOLDING COSMOS (detail) 2015H200, W200, D1 cmPolycarbonate

UNFOLDING COSMOS (detail) 2015
H200, W200, D1 cm
Polycarbonate

 
 
 

This piece, entitled Sunny Days and Starry Nights, consists of flags from every country in the world - which existed at the time of creating the work in 2005 - sewn together geographically. The celestial symbols of the flags remain highlighted in the foreground while the other designs within the flags have been darkened to recede into the background. The result is an interplay of the symbols of our temporary bordered world set against the eternal boundless cosmos.

 
SUNNY DAYS AND STARRY NIGHTS  2005H700, W700 cmCotton, rubber sheet

SUNNY DAYS AND STARRY NIGHTS  2005
H700, W700 cm
Cotton, rubber sheet

 
SUNNY DAYS AND STARRY NIGHTS (detail)  2005H700, W700 cmCotton, rubber sheet

SUNNY DAYS AND STARRY NIGHTS (detail)  2005
H700, W700 cm
Cotton, rubber sheet

 
 
 

For this temporary installation, I hand cut and dyed each petal to bring a splash of warmth and color into this otherwise austere environment.

 
SAKURA (detail)  2007H450, W150 cmPigmented paper on glassTemporary installation at Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh UK

SAKURA (detail)  2007
H450, W150 cm
Pigmented paper on glass
Temporary installation at Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh UK

 
SAKURA  2007H450, W150 cmPigmented paper on glassTemporary installation at Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh UK

SAKURA  2007
H450, W150 cm
Pigmented paper on glass
Temporary installation at Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh UK

 
SAKURA  2007H450, W150 cmPigmented paper on glassTemporary installation at Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh UK

SAKURA  2007
H450, W150 cm
Pigmented paper on glass
Temporary installation at Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh UK