From August 2025 to April 2026, I worked on a project called NAKA.

NAKA is a Blind Box - If someone doesn’t know what a blind box is, it is a series of boxes that contain different figures and trinkets, but what someone could get is a mystery. NAKA is not only a blind box but also a political climate statement about deforestation occurring in the Amazon rainforest.
NAKA is a Japanese Kanji which signifies “Within”. I chose NAKA to characterize my trees as they are spirits within the forest. Each character symbolizes a different type of tree in the Amazon. I believe all trees hold life in them; they have stories to tell about all they’ve witnessed. Naka is a way to display their personalities and spread information about the trees.
The figure has two sides - Angry & Happy. The box also includes information about the characters as well as information about the Amazon’s reasons for endangerment.