In Japanese belief, kodama are the spirits that live inside old trees. When a tree is felled, the kodama does not always leave. It stays, displaced, still present in the grain. White blossoms have arrived on a piece of wood that should be finished with such things. The kodama is at home in it.
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5 views, slowly
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The spirit that stayed in the wood.
Price
$2,100
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.
