Pengmakesthings

Innerverse is my ongoing sculptural world—a cast of characters, each built as a boxy form with a soft, closed-eyed soul inside. They look outwardly strange, cute, armored, or absurd—but inside, they’re always quiet. That contrast is the heart of my work: the way we carry softness beneath the surfaces we show. Each piece begins as a feeling—a memory, a song, a moment of stillness. Bubbluma holds the softness of sleeping in. Roo & Rah capture the festive chaos of lion dancing, drawn from my cultural background. Lunaris floats alone in the dark but moves with quiet confidence. Spiklet appears guarded and sharp but is secretly kind. Each character reflects an emotional tone, wrapped inside a geometric shell. As an architectural designer, I think in form. The cube is my base language—clear, repeatable, and open to distortion. Some pieces reimagine the cube structurally: Medussa explores deconstruction, while Tostu experiments with modularity and magnets. These shells are not just visual—they’re built environments for inner states. I document each one like a collectible—named, numbered, photographed, and cataloged. All of them are paused, caught in a moment where feeling takes shape—the absorption in a quiet detail, a color, a curve, a character’s expression that doesn’t move but feels alive. That’s what I’m building: still lives with souls inside.