Proliferation

Proliferation is an ongoing exploration, a series of works in which used teabags—fragile, once part of quiet, personal rituals—are meticulously assembled within a rigid wooden frame.

The term “proliferation” suggests rapid, even relentless growth, evident everywhere from biological cells to social structures, where expansion pushes against existing forms. The Proliferation series captures this tension by forcing adaptable, delicate teabags into a hard, uniform structure. The mesh resists, while the teabags are compressed and transformed from soft, familiar objects into something denser, nearly hardened.

In these pieces, the everyday is reimagined, creating a striking contrast between softness and rigidity, adaptability and control. Each work speaks to the beauty and strain of growth, asking us to consider: what is lost, and what emerges, when expansion demands space?

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