Taaye

Being born in Hong Kong, I have always been fascinated by birds (and art) as a child. I especially developed a love for cockatoos because I found a pair of them living high up in a tree at the basketball court next to my school.
Whenever they showed up and flew freely around our campus, I would run...

Being born in Hong Kong, I have always been fascinated by birds (and art) as a child. I especially developed a love for cockatoos because I found a pair of them living high up in a tree at the basketball court next to my school.
Whenever they showed up and flew freely around our campus, I would run around trying to find the best spot to watch them. In a strict, disciplinary school environment, these cockatoos became one of the few things I felt connected to and looked forward to seeing every day.
Despite traveling to many places, moving to Canada, and studying industrial design at the Rhode Island School of Design in the United States, my love for birds has remained a constant in my life – through all my ups and downs. At home, I have been living with my Quaker parrot for around twenty years now, and I have been so lucky to observe his ups and downs too – every emotion and nuisance in close proximity.