Renata PawlakMarakuja Studio
Hong Kong Map - The Very First One
Lai See Collages
Hong Kong Map — The Very First One, 2026
Used lai see envelopes, acrylic paint on cardboard
59.5 × 42 cm
Edition of 1

Some places do not let go easily. Commissioned by someone who had just left Hong Kong after many years, this work gathers around 90 used lai see envelopes into the shape of the city. Each one already carried a happy moment. Reborn into a new form, they become a way of keeping all those happy moments close, Hong Kong kept near.

Wild Garden
Lai See Collages
Wild Garden, 2026
Used lai see envelopes, acrylic paint on cardboard
42 × 59.5 cm
Edition of 1

Sometimes life gets so busy our minds feel like wild gardens. Full of beautiful birds of paradise and wild bushes, remembering the care of a gardener in the past but a little forgotten now. A reminder that even in the chaos of everyday life, the birds of paradise are still there. Still singing. Still worth noticing.

Artwork image
Cyanotypes
Perspective, 2026
Cyanotype, acrylic paint on watercolour paper
21 × 29.7 cm
Edition of 1

A ray of sunshine travelling through the universe. For our eye it seems to stay still, while invisibly it runs wild. Everything is a matter of perspective.