一縷茶 / I Can't Take It

Multimedia installation
2025

It is an installation referencing the Buddhist altar narrating my life story. The tree ring art is made with Pu-erh tea, drop by drop, making concentric circles. When I decided to move abroad, my mother told me that my father wanted to give me a teapot set. I rejected the gift because I thought it was too heavy to carry.

On the wall:

復返／Returns
Tea on cotton paper in hangers
16 x 20 in
2023

On the table:

Teapot set origami with hand-marbled paper, dried plant, vase, pebbles, tea dust, porcelain plate