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Musubi

The binding force at the center of things.

Musubi is a Shinto concept describing the generative force that connects, creates, binds. It is in the joining of materials, in the assembly of found things into something coherent. A green topiary stands on a live-edge platter above a small landscape of moss and dried blooms. The composition is vertical and horizontal at once, a tree set inside its own field. Musubi made visible.

Dimensions
Approximately 16 in wide, 18 in tall
Materials
Preserved moss topiary, mixed reindeer moss, strawflower, live-edge wood platter
Edition
One of one
Studio
Palm Springs, CA
Price on request

One of one. Collection is local pickup in the Palm Springs area; the work does not ship. Write for the price and to arrange it.

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In detail.

The piece up close, where the texture of the wood, the lichen, and the stone become legible.

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