In recent times, I have witnessed a transition in my personal conception of self; I have moved away from defining my identity through rigid physical dissections to ideas that carry more nuance. What I consume. What inspires me. What I feel. Consequently, this work seeks to bring form to this understanding of who I am by using the practice of domesticating space as a true representation of an uninhibited self.

Using the traditional and ubiquitous form of the rice paper lantern, an object that warmly sheds light upon one’s inner self within their private space, these complicated and imperfect lanterns come together to form how I see myself sans the judgment of onlookers.

To echo the change in my personal perception, I chose to work with a form that had the possibility to utilize the techniques I have built up over the years while still pushing myself to take on a new delivery. Each lantern uses different painting, printing, or assemblage technique to echo varied facets of myself that I wish to examine and display, going from a more socially enforced and informed view of self to looking at more amorphous and personal definitions of self.