The subject is rebuilt entirely from things that are not its own material: other objects, foods, plants, creatures or textures, chosen per image, such as fruit, flowers, cutlery, toys, machine parts, stones, shells or fabric. Each piece stays readable as what it is up close, while the subject's silhouette, proportions and pose read clearly at a distance. Works for any subject: people, animals, objects, vehicles, food or buildings. Faces keep true structure; eyes are one fitting round piece with a natural highlight; hair, fur and feathers are repeated small pieces following the direction of growth. Soft studio key light. The subject alone on a clean ground. No logos or lettering. Here every piece is recognizable plain disposable food packaging: cups, lids, forks, straws and containers in pearl white, pale turquoise and restrained coral, imitating branching and clustered marine forms. A fork and straw coral grove in a tall frame: tall branching coral fans made of white plastic forks with tines spread, thin straws in pale turquoise and coral clustered like tube coral at the base, a pale blue ground, one small packaging fish made of a folded napkin tail and a lid body drifting between the branches.
Light: soft underwater looking studio light with pale turquoise reflections; palette of pearl white, pale turquoise and coral; delicate, branching, disposable.
Tall 9:16 portrait frame, composed vertically with the main line of the scene rising through the height of the frame. One subject alone on a plain pale ground with a soft contact shadow, no text, brand names, readable markings, lettering or logos on any part.
