Some process photos to show the making of Wriggly Tin, a pleated box that started as a flat sheet of metal. Not sure if pleating metal like this is possible on any machine. But for now, my hands will do 😌
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#sedensworkshop #designprocess #prototyping #sheetmetal #metalorigami #metalfolding #arthritis
An opium poppy made from paper. Inspired by this highly stylized woodblock print I came across in a 1920s Japanese encyclopedia of plants. #sedensworkshop #opiumpoppyflower #paperflowerart
🔹💠 Seden Lai’s ‘Indigo Echo’ is now open!💠🔹
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@sedensworkshop
April 25 - May 31, 2026
Craft Ontario Shop, 1106 Queen St. W., Toronto
🪻Upcoming Window Feature: Seden's Workshop
@sedensworkshop
April 25 - May 31, 2026
Craft Ontario Shop, 1106 Queen St. W., Toronto
Using paper, metal, and salvaged materials, Seden makes sculptures and installations guided by meditations on time and cycles of imperanence. Installing at the end of April in the Queen Shop, this feature collection will also draw from forms of bodies of water.
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Image 1: Artist Seden of @sedensworkshop
Image 2: Lunar New Year paper flower sculpture
Image 3: Installation view of Ocean Bed Melody by Seden, 2025 @xpacecc
A heartfelt ★ THANK YOU ★ to everyone who came by my booth to say hi / feed me / keep me going for 3.5 long days @artistprojectto 🤎 It’s not normal for an introvert to hold all these conversations but I’m grateful for this experience. Back to my cave now… 🪨🥀…🫶🏼
Lewis Hyde wrote that the act of transference and circulation is what keeps a gift alive. Every fruit comes with a free gift, a set of instructions for the future. And so, the wind and the animals carry these fruit, and I receive the entire forest inside the palm of my hand.
‘The Purest Gift’
On view between Mar 27- Apr 17 @mark_christopher_gallery for Sunlight in a Deep Forest, an exhibition curated by @bbglowball 🌟
Hello beautiful strawberries, I have some exciting news 🍓 In case you missed it, I’ve been selected to show as an emerging artist at @artistprojectto this year ~~ if you’re planning to visit please come say hi to me on Mar 26–29th at booth U10. I’m so excited for you to see what I’ve been up to (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶) ‹𝟹
📸 @shanikt
Windcatcher (paper, cable chain, metal) 🍃🎐 I’ll be showing this piece and more paper sculptures at @artistprojectto next week Mar 26-29th 🌟 see you there? #paperflower
I’m very excited to share my thesis exhibition, opening March 27 from 6–10pm @mark_christopher_gallery
Gathering works shaped by care, kinship, memory, and protection. Here, sunlight appears as a warmth exchanged between kin, held so long it becomes part of the soul, a tenderness that time cannot evict. Rooted in Kapwa, a core Filipino value of a shared inner self, this body of work moves beyond the singular “I” and toward relation: to ancestors, to family, to flora and fauna, to protection, and to the fragile but enduring networks that allow life to be held.
Featuring works by
Patrick Cruz @gentrified_amateur
Philip Leonard Ocampo @philip.ocampo
Miguel Caba @miguellcaba
Seden Lai @sedensworkshop
Aida De Guia
Curated by (me!) and presented by Mark Christopher
Please join us to celebrate on opening night 🍀
March 27th to April 17
Poster Design by @philip.ocampo
Gallery hours are Wednesday to Sunday 11am to 5pm or by appointment (dm or email me!)
Gallery is closed April 10 and April 12th
