Wabi-sabi is the quintessential Japanese aesthetic. It is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. Things wabi-sabi are usually small and compact, quiet and inward-oriented. They beckon: get close, touch, relate. They inspire a connection between one thing and another; between people and things.
This is a body of work that embraces my interests in the imperfect, the damaged, the destroyed, that we each witness, experience and endure in our own lives as human beings. These works are created through slip casting doll parts, then altering and assembling the pieces in contrary constructions to the original intent of the mold. It is my intention to show the soulful beauty found in any situation should one risk the moment to stop and connect. The work is not intended to be dark or macabre, but rather representative of a moment in time and personal experience; each speaking of the simple beauty available in any object or experience.
wabi-sabi • 2008
divine
bound
facade
big heart
but a dream
gauguin
stability
little sister
mother and child
duplicity
remember the dance
winter
carrots
see no evil
play
