It started in the stillness— in the quiet spaces between survival and soul.

I didn’t plan to create art. I needed to. Studio Nakai began as Dragonfly Nakai - a small booth at the local farmers market and evolved into a quiet act of reclamation.

A moment of turning inward, of letting color and texture speak what words could not.

Each material I use... the stone, the gold, the sand, carries memory. These aren’t just mixed media pieces.

They are layered truths, handcrafted in devotion.