Underglaze Crayon on porcelain, Glaze, Each: 10.2 * 10.2 cm

Nine Ways of Looking at an Orchid consists of nine porcelain tiles, each depicting the same orchid from a slightly different perspective. Using underglaze crayon and glaze, the work explores how perception shifts through repetition, material process, and non-linear looking.

Rather than producing a single, definitive image, each tile presents a partial view, allowing the orchid to appear as multiple forms rather than a stable object. The grid resists singular classification and emphasizes variation, uncertainty, and attentiveness over accuracy.

Working with porcelain introduces time as an active element: drawing, firing, glazing, and cooling become stages of transformation that cannot be fully controlled or reversed. This process-based approach treats making as a way of slowing down and staying with a subject over time. The orchid becomes not something to be named or fixed, but a site where perception remains layered, contingent, and in motion.