my polymer clay
days...I got accepted
into RIvermarket
Artspace by wearing
this pin in front of the
gallery.
shall hear angels. We shall
see the sky sparkling with
diamonds."
Anton Chekov
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insubstantial. The literal translation of the word is "rosebush-like."
In other words, having beautiful flowers and at the same time
thorns that will stick the person who tries to grasp it too tightly.
Buddha used this word to describe the world, and this "saha world"
of which he spoke is sometimes translated as a floating or dewdrop
world. If you try to hold on to a particular moment you will miss
the beauty of the moment. It is in this way that the world is
impossible to grasp and in a way insubstantial.
For me, saha means ephemeral and changing. I am inspired by my
raw materials. Each of my designs marks a convergence of time,
inspiration, and raw materials that at any other time, with any other
materials, would not have come to be.
pillow, circa 1998.
Fabric, beads,
cotton floss, polymer
clay, metallic thread.