The project Swallow Nest originated from my interest in the idea of a portable, miniature home. I photographed my personal living spaces and used Photoshop’s Perspective Warp tool to digitally flatten and reconstruct them into paper box die-cut templates. After printing these templates, I cut and assembled them by hand into small three-dimensional forms. Through this process of deformation, the edges of the Swallow Nest are twisted and elongated. The resulting models resemble tiny architectural fragments displayed in the corners of walls, much like the real swallow nest. Through this process, I attempted to translate a sense of belonging into a hand-held form. Each paper structure is both a reconstruction and a distortion of spatial experience, a familiar but an uncanny home.
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