Milky Way Finds (2025) presents a series of trinkets contributed by friends, encased within double-woven pockets. The work stems from an interest in the traces people leave behind and the memories embedded within small objects that are tucked away, accumulated, and often forgotten. By bringing these items into view, the work considers them as reflections of selfhood, relationships, and the often-overlooked connections forged between people and things.

A receipt tucked into a coat pocket bears witness to a grocery list of ingredients often used in a loved one's cooking. An accumulation of sweet wrappers marks the rhythms of daily habits. Through such objects, Milky Way Finds attends to the seemingly insignificant, revealing how memory and affection become embedded within the ordinary.

Originally presented as a large textile installation composed of a continuous grid of pockets (Sayang Sayang in My Wet Pockets), the work has since evolved to further foreground its woven silk material, playfully named Milky Way by its manufacturers in Nagano, Japan. Drawing on the overlooked, the incidental, and the quietly peculiar, the pockets function as viewfinders, bringing attention to objects held dear, misplaced, forgotten, or otherwise left lingering at the edges of daily life. Together, these objects become small fragments that drift through everyday life—akin to spotting debris orbiting within the Milky Way.