[regenerative doll prototypes]

 

The dolls act as living links in interdependent ecosystems, turning play into an earth-centered act of care and reverence. Their de-gendered garments change form; expanding, shrinking, blooming, and withering.

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The plants in these worlds include ferns, nettles, kenaf, jute, moss, clematis, cork fabric (made from plant fibers and bark), parrot flowers, large duck orchids, moth orchids, slipper orchids, water hawthorn, fanwort, coral, soft corals (alcyonacea), lichens, fungi such as fly agaric, oyster mushrooms, and reishi, as well as algae.

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These materials embody cycles of life/death: germination, blooming, decay, and regeneration, reminding us that endings are also beginnings.

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Each doll experiences its own seasonal rebirths, rejecting ideas of competition, ownership, and accumulation. Through cycles of growth and decay, the dolls gain an uncanny sense of life. The series is created through digital collage using AI, scanned images, and fragments of 3D assets, an open invitation to re-imagine what play and creation can mean.

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