Doris Charest, AFCA

16" x 19"

Wood, resin, eggshells, found objects

CAN$750.00
Available for Sale

I often found unexpected bits of nature blown into my garden by the wind. This debris, broken bird eggs, bits of plants or insects, inspired a new idea. Combining them with the Japanese concept of kintsugi (repairing and repurposing broken objects by painting the imperfections with gold to make them precious again), I developed my sculptural piece, ‘Garden Treasures’.

The sculpture consists of three white wooden containers with broken eggshells filled with objects. Each egg contains a small, unnoticed element from my garden. Kintsugi is also a metaphor for embracing imperfections in life. Each imperfect element is now singled out