From fishing cats to rare birds, I illustrated 69 animal species — each one reimagined as a kite, designed to be seen from the sky. These became the foundation of a visual system, which was then transformed by traditional Sri Lankan kite artisans into over 2,000 handcrafted kites.

To celebrate Tết 2026, Pepsi Vietnam released the Pepsi Gold Can, a special edition that wasn’t for sale and only available as a gift.

A personal artist book made between Vietnam and Sri Lanka. Quiet, hand-bound, and held together with a rubber band.

Thích Thú Sri Lanka is a personal artist book created after my first illustration exhibition in Colombo, Sri Lanka. While the original project — The Meeting in the Sky — was a large-scale kite installation featuring over 2,000 handcrafted animal-shaped kites, this book is far more intimate: an archive of impressions stitched together through paper, objects, and quiet details.

One part of the book is a round zine — shaped like the inox plate used during a dinner I had at the kite artisan’s home.

I remember chatting with a friend while brainstorming how to capture that memory, and the idea of making the zine round — like a plate you could open — just clicked. I wouldn’t have landed on that shape without that conversation.

So I made it. A small, circular piece to hold a quiet evening I didn’t want to forget.

Not everything was made by hand.
But the parts that mattered were.

We wrapped the spirit of Tết into every box — dragon, unicorn, and all.