At the end of last year, I completed a limited edition called Nayan that has been accepted into this year’s Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.

What I find myself thinking about is not the exhibition itself.

The project began because its creator had seen another book I made several years earlier, Anansi Tales .

That book was also exhibited at the Royal Academy.

Somewhere along the way, one object led to another.

A conversation carried through paper, stories, time, and people.

Now the new book returns to the same place.

There is something very satisfying about that.

Not because it feels like an achievement, but because it is a reminder that work has a way of travelling further than we expect.

The theme of this year’s exhibition is Interconnectedness.

It feels strangely fitting.

One project opens the door to another.

Often through paths that only become visible in hindsight.