- Place
- a layered stage of translucent architectural gauze, carved screens and polished dark stone
- Affordance
- the underside of gauze conceals the moth while illumination draws it outward
- Camera
- side view through several translucent layers
- Living subject
- an anatomically natural moth at true scale
- Day behaviour
- resting beneath a translucent fold of gauze
- Night behaviour
- landed on the illuminated veil with wings naturally open
- Palette
- malachite, celadon, pearl, lilac glass, black onyx and gold
- Materials
- mother-of-pearl, malachite glass tesserae, veined stone, silk and aged mirror