A philosophical art studio — Portland, Oregon

Chrysalis
Studios

We make objects for sitting with the questions that don't resolve. About connection, about impermanence, about what it means to be briefly conscious in a universe this old.

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The Work

Everything is nested within everything else

Rivers branch like roots. Roots branch like neurons. Neurons branch like galaxies. These aren't poetic coincidences — they're the same patterns, repeated across scales and across billions of years.

Chrysalis Studios exists at the meeting point of art, science, philosophy, and quiet reflection. The work here — objects, assemblages, small rituals — is an attempt to make those patterns visible. To give the feeling of interconnectedness something to hold onto.

We are temporary, but we are not separate. We are small moments within immense cycles. And in those moments, we have the rare opportunity to witness the universe becoming aware of itself.

Core Inquiries

What the studio explores

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Cycles & Renewal

Nothing disappears. Everything transforms. The decay is part of the pattern, not a departure from it.

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Nested Systems

Root systems, neural networks, river deltas, galaxies. The same geometry at every scale, across every span of time.

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Cosmic Time

What does a human life look like against 13.8 billion years? Smaller, yes. But also stranger, and more remarkable.

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Memento Mori

Remember that you will die. Don't forget that you are alive. So live. These are the same reminder, held in both hands.

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Consciousness

Matter arranged itself in just such a way as to be able to wonder about itself. That is worth pausing over.

From the Studio

Selected Works

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Ouroboros
Assemblage

Ouroboros

Oxidized snake skeleton, dried roses, preserved spider web. Rebirth is not metaphor but necessity — a process carved from collapse, survival, adaptation.

Cosmic Clock
Assemblage

Cosmic Clock

Death's head hawk moth behind Victorian mantle clock glass. Hands at 12:59:50. Memento mori. Memento vivere.

Small Frames
Installation

Small Frames

Twenty gold baroque miniature frames on black panel. Fleeting altars to the in-between.

"I am large, I contain multitudes."

Walt Whitman · Song of Myself

Intention Objects

Objects for contemplation and reflection

These are not decorations. They are anchors — physical things to hold when the mind needs something solid to return to.

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Mirror Object

Pocket Watch Scrying Mirror

Hand-silvered mirror in an antique watch case. To see yourself reflected in time.

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Ritual Kit

Energy Shift Kits

Six intentions. Sage, candle, crystal, herbs. A small ceremony for moving from one state to another.

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Incense

The Incense Collection

Nine scents. Each one a prose poem. Each one a different way of being in a room.

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Tarot

Three-Card Tarot Draw

A sealed envelope. Three physically altered cards. Not prediction — reflection.

The Chrysalis Salon

Membership in a thinking room

Chrysalis is an evolving philosophical project as much as it is a studio. Patrons join circles of proximity to the work — receiving fragments of the investigation as it unfolds.

🌿 The Outer Garden $5 / month

Studio journal entries, early glimpses of new work, digital curiosities.

🔍 The Study $15 / month

Monthly tarot reflection, ritual prompts, early access to new objects.

🜂 The Cabinet $30 / month

Quarterly artifact shipments — mini assemblages, relics, ritual tools.

✶ The Inner Circle $100 / month

Annual curated collection, private salon invitations, stewardship of the studio.

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