Painted wall wabi sabi amulet

Title: A fragment broken off from an old painted wall with a piece of broken blue bottle glass set in blue (necklace). It has been painted over four times in green (first), then red, then white and then yellow. This piece is very special as it reflects the passage of Time. It contains a long time period. Imagine all the things that would have taken place inside this room! The memories. What if the walls could speak! 

Medium: Kristal UV resin, blue pigment, blue glass chard, wall shard. 

Dimensions: 3x5 cm wire wrapped cabochon strung on 60 cm black chain

Date created: 2024 Collection

Wabi and Sabi

Wabi Sabi consists of two elements: Wabi and Sabi. Wabi represents the appreciation for simple, modest things, while Sabi represents the beauty that comes with age and the passage of time. Wabi-sabi is made up of two intertwined principles: "wabi", which refers to the plenitude and modesty that can be experienced when observing nature 🌱, and "sabi", the sensation we feel when we see things with a patina of time or human labor. The ethics of wabi-sabi therefore advocate a life led by controlled sobriety, where we are able to detect and appreciate impermanence, the beauty of all things humble and imperfect.

In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi (侘び寂び) is a world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of appreciating beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete" in nature. It is prevalent in many forms of Japanese art.