Shih-Han Chou
“Self-Generated Phytoncide” is a drawing-based collection that reawakens imagination and transforms it into material form.
The works stem from diagrams I drew in 2008, reinterpreted as symbolic flower forms that explore themes of resilience, inner-child wonder, care, and transformation. Through layering fibre, thread, and printed fabrics with drawing and intuitive mark-making, I create soft, surreal compositions that drift between memory and imagination.
Each flower and seed in the collection embodies a story—blooming in reverse, in pairs, or only after decades—mirroring the emotional complexities we carry over time. Drawing inspiration from fairy tales, the work embraces intuition over logic, and ritual over precision. As Philip Pullman observes, fairy tale characters are defined by their essence, not complexity. Likewise, these forms emerge not from analysis, but from feeling.
The collection invites quiet reflection—a return to the soft magic of memory, where textiles become vessels for remembering, feeling, and imagining.
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