皇家雨, Royal Rain

‘皇家雨, Royal Rain’ is an installation featuring 2 ancient chinese objects and 5 paper umbrellas adorned with flowers and origami cranes, along with additional decorative elements. The work brings together mixed media, including origami, paper craft, watercolours, inks, and textile techniques. This piece has concepts of cultural heritage and impermanence. The repetition of delicate, hand-crafted forms, specifically flowers, explores the fragility and transformation of materials. The use of paper, which can easily be torn, folded, and re-shaped, emphasises a sense of impermanence, reflecting how objects, memories and traditions can shift or fade over time. At the same time, this piece explores themes of cultural heritage through the inclusion of origami cranes and paper umbrellas, reflecting traditional Chinese culture and practices and symbolising peace, protection, and family values. By reinterpreting these culturally significant forms in a contemporary installation, the work bridges the past and present, suggesting that heritage is not static but continually changing through personal and artistic expressions and expectations