Once upon an orange is a series of 5 objects, inspired by Ghassan Kanafani's short story "The Land of Sad Oranges". The story’s intriguing title made me wonder what a sad orange could look like and wonder what else do the oranges feel? The oranges go through 5 stages, each one revealing a unique state of being that once reached becomes a possibility for the next.

Through sketches I sought the most precise visual representation of the emotion of each individual orange: Targeted, Contaminated, Overlooked, Self Nourished, Flourishing