Wabi Sabi Geisha, art doll, mixed metal assemblage

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What is Wabi-Sabi? By architect Tadao Ando
Pared down to its barest essence, wabi-sabi is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection and profundity in nature, of accepting the natural cycle of growth, decay, and death. It's simple, slow, and uncluttered-and it reveres authenticity above all. Wabi-sabi is flea markets, not warehouse stores; aged wood, not Pergo; rice paper, not glass. It celebrates cracks and crevices and all the other marks that time, weather, and loving use leave behind. It reminds us that we are all but transient beings on this planet-that our bodies as well as the material world around us are in the process of returning to the dust from which we came. Through wabi-sabi, we learn to embrace liver spots, rust, and frayed edges, and the march of time they represent.

I made this metal wall collage in celebration of the wabi-sabi aesthetic. Its rusted found objects, distressed metals and rice paper on an encaustic background all speak to the beauty in imperfection and change. The Geisha is mounted on plywood with a hanger on back. Dimensions 8" x 6.5"x1/2" thick. A one of a kind wall piece signed and dated on the back. She will come to you in a sturdy box by Priority Mail.

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Added on Aug 16, 2009

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