it's not what it seems (2023) — okbet

It’s not what it seems encourages the viewer to abide by the fundamental rule: don’t assume anything.

Collaborative exhibition at Kaiao Space in Honolulu, Hawaii (April 2023)

topographic (button landscape)
over 1,000 naturally dyed cloth-covered buttons individually hand-sewn

topographic (button landscape)

web design
sari silk ribbon dyed with Kahala pink hibiscus flowers, aluminum wire, welded iron.

lamp line up

raw silk lampshade dyed with logwood bark. Adorned with safety pin chainmail

safety pin chainmail

safety pin chainmail

duolamp
sari silk ribbon, silk chiffon, red hibiscus with (right) and without mordant (left).

apple pie
Waimanalo olena on Korean mulberry paper. Embellished with ceramic buttons

lampshade dyed with logwood bark and red hibiscus silk chiffon

modular puffy rug
canvas and cotton dyed with avocado pits, yellow onion skin, and logwood bark.
Recycled polyester stuffing.

"Everything Foraged" Prince Waikiki (2024)

dye-namic (2022)