Getting my Song Dong on

Like Song Dong's mother and her belief in the Chinese concept of wu jin yong, or 'waste not', I decided to collect and combine items off the street that were usually ignored: a small stone kicked aside while walking, leftover plastic etc..


I displayed these objects in finished/used jars so that the items were able to stand as things of beauty.


Furthermore, I wanted to collide the man-made world with Mother Nature. 


So, inspired by the Damien Hirst exhibition, I cut out masses of beautiful black butterflies - which actually reminded me of Hitchcock’s 'The birds' only less menacing, and much prettier.

Having made several jars, I was just not ready to part with them...After all, most everything can be re purposed in some way...right? 


So for now, they remain on my shelf...