Darwin

An ongoing project with Josiah, an old friend and my ex-roommate when I was living in Tokyo.

Always curious about the natural world, he intends to fill his body with living matter in several states of interaction, all tied together with red string (done freehand) to illustrate the harmony and deeper relationship of all organisms in nature.

Swallows chest piece with fully healed moth, 2018.

Swallows chest piece with fully healed moth, 2018.

Addition of shoulder bat and cherry blossoms, 2019.

Addition of shoulder bat and cherry blossoms, 2019.

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Fillers of hummingbird and a bee-devouring spider, 2019.

Fillers of hummingbird and a bee-devouring spider, 2019.

Extension into torso, 2019.

Extension into torso, 2019.

Freshly done gingko leaves, 2019.

Freshly done gingko leaves, 2019.

Fully healed Hercules beetle, 2019.

Fully healed Hercules beetle, 2019.

Fully healed, except for wolf piece that was freshly done, 2020.
A tale of the whale and the sea, 2019.
“Sky” for Deborah, 2019.
Freshly done in 2019.
Interstellar travel, 2019.
The wilted tulip sits above a carabao skull piece that I did for her a year ago, 2020.
Two days into healing, 2019.
To remember the ones that matter, 2019.
Swallows chest piece with fully healed moth, 2018.