Beneath the Surface: Underwater Art in Reflections on MortalityThe 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

allowing wave behaviour to be observed directly through controlled

This item is sold as an unmounted print

it’s a tiny

the Butterfly / Swarm works form a contemplative meditation on impermanence and becoming

each image records an actual event: light interacting with vibrating liquid surfaces

standing askew

This is an archival pigment print of the original sculpture

Central to this body of work is the butterfly's metamorphosis: a complete and irreversible transformation that unfolds through vulnerability rather than resistance

the sand casting process is the same that I developed for the 'Makers Place' single use plastic & aluminium recycling studio that I designed & built from the ground up for Soneva in Noonu Atoll

Created using physics

Heiwa Taxi

and not in its original 1902 form