Remembrance

Medium

Handmade mulberry paper, pigments and mineral colors on canvas

Dimensions

32"H × 32"W

Remembrance is built petal by petal from hundreds of individually torn and folded sheets of Thai Mulberry and different handmade papers. Before and after each tear, layers of red mineral pigments are applied — deepening from a warm red crimson at the center to a rich, saturated red at the edges. The tears are organic and unrepeatable; each fold is shaped by hand to achieve a precise yet living result. The circular form radiates outward from its glowing core, evoking the sun, a bloom, or a heartbeat — a center of energy expanding into the world. The interplay of light across the raised, textured surface shifts throughout the day, making the work a continuously changing presence in any space it inhabits. This piece exists between categories — neither painting nor sculpture in the traditional sense, but something wholly its own: tactile, organic, and irreplaceable. Its physical presence invites a sensory engagement that goes beyond the visual. Texture here is a form of intelligence, reaching toward touch even when touch is not possible. The act of building petal by petal embodies the quiet power of slow, deliberate growth — small, consistent gestures accumulating into something profound. Remembrance is at once an artwork and a meditation: on patience, on process, on the beauty of transformation made visible over time. Executed with archival mineral pigments, this work is conservation-grade and protected under museum-grade non-glare glass, suitable for institutional and private collections.