Puspa-Sari

Puspa-Sari is made from recycled visa printouts and household papers, pulped and sheet-formed at home in Melbourne. Twelve sheets mark twelve months and invite slow looking.

A jasmine scent is added during papermaking to recall a childhood on a small island in South Borneo, a close bond with plants and sea, and the 1993 fire that burned the family garden. The sheets hold two places at once: tropical childhood memory and everyday Australian ecologies such as banksia, eucalypt, and wetlands after rain.

The process is low-impact, using minimal water, sun-drying, and second-use materials; it models simple environmental care through reuse, repair, and attention. The title is the artist’s last name; in Indonesian and Sanskrit, puspameans “flower” and sari means “essence.” This work treats recycled paper as a living support for memory and landscape.