I began with an image from an ancient woodcut in the

, where the fox appears with its nine tails, large eyes, and auspicious smile. From this engraving, I created the first series.

I started by molding the fox in low relief, making its silhouette the central element. The series consists of four works. In the first, using engraving, I faithfully reproduced the original image, adding copper leaf (evoking antiquity) and red frit inspired by Eastern motifs. In the following pieces, the fox’s drawing disappears, leaving only its silhouette. In one of them, I play with cobalt blue, inspired by Jingdezhen porcelain, where dragons are sometimes “invisible,” seen only as silhouettes against the cobalt background.