AKAI ITO
HOUSE - thread, triplex patula, hand-moulded concrete 92 x 55 x 55 cm.
KNEELING WOMAN - thread on Japanese paper, glass case 60 x 60 x 10 cm.
FEET - thread 14 x 28 cm.
BOAT - thread, triplex patula, hand-moulded concrete 65 x 20 x 45 cm.
SWALLOW - thread, wire, oregon 15 x 65 x 35 cm.
Akai Ito was created in a year of existential crisis, a year when everything capsized and turbulent waters had to be swum through. This intense period was charted, not necessarily to reflect the factual events but rather to shape the lasting impressions left behind.
Akai Ito is a well-known Asian belief widespread in Japan. According to this legend, two people are linked by the red thread of fate. Symbolically, the pair's little fingers are tied together.
CLOUD - thread, metal , hand-moulded concrete 40 x 40 x 37 cm.
YUMI BOW - pine needles, thread, feather, orache, oak 45 x 13 x 44 cm.
KIMONOS - pine needles, nori, gold leaf, ginkgo biloba, oak 90 x 32 x 13 cm.
BIRDS 1 - thread, poppy stems , hand-moulded concrete 48 x 32 x 32 cm.
WINGS - thread, galvanised copper, hand-moulded concrete 37 x 56 x 32 cm.
BRIDGE - thread, pine needles, bluestone
39 x 50 x 10 cm.
BIRDS 2 - ivy branch, thread, oak 48 x 32 x 32 cm.