Flutter
The title Flutter draws inspiration from watching nature documentaries and learning of birds fluttering their wings in symbolic gestures to communicate with one another. After the death of my mother in 2023, and the overwhelming emotions I experienced in grief, the work I created in 2019 began to take on a new resonance. The emotional turbulence I experienced during that time mirrored the organic forms of nature I had captured— the low frequency vibrations of the landscape expressed through the natural grain of 35mm film, unsettling yet beautiful. Perched on the hiking trail, sensing the Bay Area's volatile climate, feeling its transient power, like the flutter of a small bird's wings in the wind.
Photographs by David Zheng
Book design by David Zheng Studio
Handmade
Soft Cover 13”x9.75” (33.02cm x 24.76cm), 31 pages
Japanese stab binding with Chinese silk thread
Four different types of paper
Printed in New York City
Edition of 250
ISBN: 978-1-7370458-2-3
1st Edition, 2024 © David Zheng Studio
Signed
The title Flutter draws inspiration from watching nature documentaries and learning of birds fluttering their wings in symbolic gestures to communicate with one another. After the death of my mother in 2023, and the overwhelming emotions I experienced in grief, the work I created in 2019 began to take on a new resonance. The emotional turbulence I experienced during that time mirrored the organic forms of nature I had captured— the low frequency vibrations of the landscape expressed through the natural grain of 35mm film, unsettling yet beautiful. Perched on the hiking trail, sensing the Bay Area's volatile climate, feeling its transient power, like the flutter of a small bird's wings in the wind.
Photographs by David Zheng
Book design by David Zheng Studio
Handmade
Soft Cover 13”x9.75” (33.02cm x 24.76cm), 31 pages
Japanese stab binding with Chinese silk thread
Four different types of paper
Printed in New York City
Edition of 250
ISBN: 978-1-7370458-2-3
1st Edition, 2024 © David Zheng Studio
Signed
The title Flutter draws inspiration from watching nature documentaries and learning of birds fluttering their wings in symbolic gestures to communicate with one another. After the death of my mother in 2023, and the overwhelming emotions I experienced in grief, the work I created in 2019 began to take on a new resonance. The emotional turbulence I experienced during that time mirrored the organic forms of nature I had captured— the low frequency vibrations of the landscape expressed through the natural grain of 35mm film, unsettling yet beautiful. Perched on the hiking trail, sensing the Bay Area's volatile climate, feeling its transient power, like the flutter of a small bird's wings in the wind.
Photographs by David Zheng
Book design by David Zheng Studio
Handmade
Soft Cover 13”x9.75” (33.02cm x 24.76cm), 31 pages
Japanese stab binding with Chinese silk thread
Four different types of paper
Printed in New York City
Edition of 250
ISBN: 978-1-7370458-2-3
1st Edition, 2024 © David Zheng Studio
Signed