A certain courage is exposed when life is expressed in such a blistered tone. Each piece in WABI-SABI breathes an experience that we have not quite seen collectively before. Vulnerability and confidence move through this exhibit like wisdom, becoming exposed through its scars. WABI-SABI is a Japanese term that refers to that which is impermanent, imperfect, aged, humbled, and unconventional. It is a state of mind and a way of being. It expresses a whole new world of seeing. The rawness and purity in this exhibit are without limit.

WABI-SABI

Best of Show- In My Own Words

Director’s Choice- Precious Scars: Kyoto.Monk.8A
Donna Bassin
digital photograph, pigment print, thread, encaustic
Cedar Grove, New Jersey

Director’s Choice- Ginkgo Leaves and Unknown Japanese Newspaper

seeking
Linda Holland
mixed media, photo transfers on acrylic on canvas
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Domb
Samantha Connors
acquired metal grid, wool roving, thread
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Anthem

artifacts 1

What Do You Think?
Mandayam Thirunarayanan
photography
Miami, Florida

Unnoticed

Memory Chambers

Wall Abstract #3

How Do We Know What's Important?

Gone as Quickly as Spilt Milk

Finding Some Quiet Spaces Among the Noise

Zadkiel
Flora Davis
patinated brass and steel center woven with a piece of geometrical cut brass-coated steel
San Francisco, California

ALL THINGS PRECIOUS

BLACK AND WHITE AND RED

Testsugakusha (Philosopher)
B Stevens Strauss
raku fired ceramic with traditional Japanese wooden stand
Berkeley, California

Iron-Framed Sky Wood

wabi-sabi

PS, Remember I Don't Love You
Vernita Nemec
discarded plastic packaging on rag board with paper
New York City, New York

Don't kill the goose!

Collage

Open Book Bejeweled

Imperfect Self

Roots #1
Rachel Davis
house paint, torn dictionary pages, packing paper
San Rafael, California

After the Fire: Water Damaged Film, Sylvia

Edges

Character I

Screen & Squares

Untitled
Shuhan Liu
ceramics
Morgantown, West Virginia

Time

Shadows in Black and White

El Bruc

Fixing the Seams

A Calm Came Over Her Too
Barbara Ziselberger
cardboard boxes and gesso on hardwood panel
Silver Spring, Maryland

Chimeras 02
Bertrand Gruyer
photography
France

Night Tree 1

Okeah Riba

My Blue Garden
Peggy Schadler
monoprint with gauze, teabags & momigami
Venice, Florida

Welcome to the Machine
Michael Peterson
mixed media-canvas, rope, cardboard, carpet tacks, duct tape, leather, spray paint
Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Tempo
Ayelet Gal-On
mixed media-acrylic, puzzle paper and bark
San Jose, California

Sliver
Cheryl Dawdy
collage-tissue paper, deli wrap paper, other assorted paper pieces, pencil
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ebullient

Interpret

Solitude

Beauty in Imperfection

LeBlanc, Sheryl
Sheryl LeBlanc
fiber art
Patched Vessel
Eugene, Oregon

tumbling over itself eastward

Slant Rhymes I: 'grace' and 'chaste'
Nancy Bardach
textiles, thread, Pellon stabilizer, monofilament, bamboo
Berkeley, California

The Nostepinne

Untitled
Sabrina Rodrigues
newspaper and adhesive spray
London, England

Hawk Wings

Bust #3

Transfigure #3 Yellow

Un r a ve li n g

Ode to the Goldfinch

you wont need much...just a little tiny taste
Joseph Gattulli
mixed media
Plainview, New York

Scars and Stripes
Heather Stivison
acrylic and cotten thread on canvas
South Dartmouth, Massachusetts

Spring Buds

Untitled
Emma Backer
mixed media - Polaroid emulsion lift, acrylic paint
Astoria, New York

Self-portrait?
Iris Kaufman
giclee of oil painting, color pencil, masking tape, paper
Peabody, Massachusetts

Table of Contents

Kamakura

Intertwined

Time

When Things Fall Apart

Then The Sands Will Roll

Untamed Enterprise

Boro Fragment
Chris Volker
oil & cold wax, rice paper on wood panel
Elk Grove, California

Say No More

Ferryman II

Kintsugi #2

The Gloves are Off
