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5 views, slowly

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The beauty that does not ask permission.

Wabi is the harder half of wabi-sabi, the part that finds beauty in poverty, in simplicity, in the cracked bowl and the worn threshold. It does not apologize. It simply is. A single moss ball on a twisted stem, and a room that has agreed with it.

Dimensions
Approximately 6 in wide, 16 in tall
Materials
Preserved moss topiary ball, twisted willow stem, blue-pattern ceramic cylinder
Edition
One of one
Studio
Palm Springs, CA

Price

$750

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Local pickup in Palm Springs by default. Shipping quoted on request, sculptural work travels best when crated to its dimensions.

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

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