The Way I Keep You Forever
The Way I Keep You Forever

2025, stone clay, sea shell, glass beads, butterfly specimen, thread, lock, key, paraffin wax, lace textile, engraved wooden box with thermometer

when I was a child, I could never bring myself to throw away the boxes that came with gifts. To me, wooden boxes have always carried a double life: ordinary containers on the outside, yet secret chambers of the past within. Opening them often feels like unlocking time itself—memories rushing out in fragments, tender and dissonant at once.

In my ongoing Memory Box Series, I treat boxes and drawers as intimate stages. Inside, I assemble hand-sculpted stone clay figures and found objects, arranging them like actors in a silent play. Each piece becomes less a container than a hidden theater of memory—where stories are not told in words, but suggested through presence, placement, and quiet encounters between objects.

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Midnight Delivery
Midnight Delivery

2024, wooden shadow box, carved drawer, bronze handle, dollhouse stairs, magnifying lens, plastic butterfly, lock, stone clay, rhinestone, acrylic, wood stain, 8x24x3 inches.

Gambling Moon
Gambling Moon

2024, wooden box, stone clay, carved wooden container, glass container, wooden lid from a jewelry box, mannequin hand, screw, drawer handle, thread, pin, dice, micro playing card, acrylic, pigment, fur, 15x12x7 inches.

New Neighbors
New Neighbors

2024, wooden frame, drawer and lid from a jewelry box , bronze handle, lampshade, rhinestone, wooden toy, mannequin finger, stone clay, acrylic, epoxy, wallpaper, plastic ant, matchstick, 21x17x3 inches.

Nighttime Routine
Nighttime Routine

2023, engraved drawer, stone clay, acrylic, wood stain, pigment, thread, epoxy, 3.5x16x13 inches.

Behind the Drawer
Behind the Drawer

2023, lid and drawer from a wooden jewelry box, stone clay, plastic ant, bronze handle, chain from a bronze clock, rhinestone, acrylic, and epoxy, 9x7x1inches.

 Butterfly Nursery Kit #1
Butterfly Nursery Kit #1

2024, wooden box with lid, stone clay, acrylic, rhinestone, epoxy, miniature drum stick, thread, fur fabric, 5x12x3 inches.

Butterfly Nursery Kit #2
Butterfly Nursery Kit #2

2023, wooden drawer from a jewelry box, wire, stone clay, rhinestone, acrylic, epoxy, 7x7x2 inches.

Back Stage Props
Back Stage Props

2022, oil on canvas paper, wooden box, stone clay, thread, 11x14x4 inches 

Birthday Night
Birthday Night

2022, oil on canvas paper, wooden box, stone clay, thread, 11×14×4 inches

Moon Room
Moon Room

2022, oil on canvas paper, wooden box, stone clay, thread, 11×14×4 inches

Nightmare Cramps, 2022
Nightmare Cramps, 2022

oil on canvas paper, wooden box, stone clay, acrylic, epoxy, thread, 11x14x4 inches.

Mermaid Recipe
Mermaid Recipe

2024, found matchbox, engraved drawer, mini wine glass, faucet stand, wooden finger, blue fur, sponge, seashell, ceramic teeth, rope, rhinestone, thread, wood stick, 8x6x10 inches.

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The Way I Keep You Forever
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Midnight Delivery
Gambling Moon
New Neighbors
Nighttime Routine
Behind the Drawer
 Butterfly Nursery Kit #1
Butterfly Nursery Kit #2
Back Stage Props
Birthday Night
Moon Room
Nightmare Cramps, 2022
Mermaid Recipe
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The Way I Keep You Forever

2025, stone clay, sea shell, glass beads, butterfly specimen, thread, lock, key, paraffin wax, lace textile, engraved wooden box with thermometer

when I was a child, I could never bring myself to throw away the boxes that came with gifts. To me, wooden boxes have always carried a double life: ordinary containers on the outside, yet secret chambers of the past within. Opening them often feels like unlocking time itself—memories rushing out in fragments, tender and dissonant at once.

In my ongoing Memory Box Series, I treat boxes and drawers as intimate stages. Inside, I assemble hand-sculpted stone clay figures and found objects, arranging them like actors in a silent play. Each piece becomes less a container than a hidden theater of memory—where stories are not told in words, but suggested through presence, placement, and quiet encounters between objects.

Midnight Delivery

2024, wooden shadow box, carved drawer, bronze handle, dollhouse stairs, magnifying lens, plastic butterfly, lock, stone clay, rhinestone, acrylic, wood stain, 8x24x3 inches.

Gambling Moon

2024, wooden box, stone clay, carved wooden container, glass container, wooden lid from a jewelry box, mannequin hand, screw, drawer handle, thread, pin, dice, micro playing card, acrylic, pigment, fur, 15x12x7 inches.

New Neighbors

2024, wooden frame, drawer and lid from a jewelry box , bronze handle, lampshade, rhinestone, wooden toy, mannequin finger, stone clay, acrylic, epoxy, wallpaper, plastic ant, matchstick, 21x17x3 inches.

Nighttime Routine

2023, engraved drawer, stone clay, acrylic, wood stain, pigment, thread, epoxy, 3.5x16x13 inches.

Behind the Drawer

2023, lid and drawer from a wooden jewelry box, stone clay, plastic ant, bronze handle, chain from a bronze clock, rhinestone, acrylic, and epoxy, 9x7x1inches.

Butterfly Nursery Kit #1

2024, wooden box with lid, stone clay, acrylic, rhinestone, epoxy, miniature drum stick, thread, fur fabric, 5x12x3 inches.

Butterfly Nursery Kit #2

2023, wooden drawer from a jewelry box, wire, stone clay, rhinestone, acrylic, epoxy, 7x7x2 inches.

Back Stage Props

2022, oil on canvas paper, wooden box, stone clay, thread, 11x14x4 inches 

Birthday Night

2022, oil on canvas paper, wooden box, stone clay, thread, 11×14×4 inches

Moon Room

2022, oil on canvas paper, wooden box, stone clay, thread, 11×14×4 inches

Nightmare Cramps, 2022

oil on canvas paper, wooden box, stone clay, acrylic, epoxy, thread, 11x14x4 inches.

Mermaid Recipe

2024, found matchbox, engraved drawer, mini wine glass, faucet stand, wooden finger, blue fur, sponge, seashell, ceramic teeth, rope, rhinestone, thread, wood stick, 8x6x10 inches.

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