Sent Beyond

Eco-friendly combustible paper, burnable metal components, bamboo, wood

Xiawen Wu

Sent Beyond draws on the tradition of Chinese funerary paper crafts, where symbolic objects are burned as gifts for loved ones in the afterlife. Wu creates a foldable paper house that ships flat and requires no tools to assemble, echoing the care and practicality of traditional ritual making. Its patterned surfaces reinterpret historic motifs, blending contemporary design with ancestral practices. By crafting a structure meant to be consumed by flame, Wu highlights how remembrance, love, and continuity can move across worlds through the simple act of offering.