The project Swallow Nest originated from my interest in the idea of a portable, miniature home. I photographed my personal living spaces: my bedroom, living room, entrance of my flat, and studio—and used Photoshop’s perspective warp tool to digitally flatten and reconstruct them into the form of a paper box die-cut outline template. After printing these templates, I cut and assembled them by hand into small three-dimensional forms. Through the deformation process, the edge of the Swallow Nest is twisted and elongated.
The resulting models resemble tiny architectural fragments that were mainly displayed in corners of walls, much like the nests built by real swallows. Through this process, I attempted to translate the sense of belonging into a hand-held form. Each paper structure is both a reconstruction and a distortion of memory, a familiar but an uncanny home.
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