Whilst in ’Origami Extinction’, the artist focused on aesthetics to create a potent effect on the audience, in ‘Origami Renaissance’, she decided to take it a step further in exploring the materiality behind the artworks and their symbolism. To that effect, she decided to invite fire, a destructive element comparable to humanity’s fatal abilities, to illustrate the magnitude of our destruction of animals.

The artist captured the makings of fire, the transformative aspect of its nature and the ever-changing shapes taken by the burnt materials. Taking multiple or single photographs of these rapidly vanishing moments, the artist bears witness to the power and beauty that emerges from what enabled humans to become the dominant species – a combined symbolic representation of two living organisms with a high capacity of annihilation.​

Fire is one of the natural disasters that have been increasing in recent years, causing immense ravages to human activities and wild fauna alike. Each element in the pictures has been in contact with fire, but just as much as the latter stands for utter destruction it also epitomizes the concept of renaissance, like the phoenix resurrecting from its ashes. Thereupon, ‘Origami Renaissance’ concentrates on animal species thought to have disappeared and which have been rediscovered.

Only one kind of origami has been used, the dove, an emblem of peace and hope. All photographs are numbered and limited to six editions.

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All original photographs are numbered and limited to six editions.