Kazumi Ohno

'Cloud Robo' Hand Blown, Carved and Etched Glass Sculpture

2019

Kazumi Ohno is inspired by a wide range of objects and the world around her, not limited to memory and older things. The works in this series, Voyage of Memories, are influenced by c...

Kazumi Ohno is inspired by a wide range of objects and the world around her, not limited to memory and older things. Using a combination of glass blowing, lamp work, cut and polish, ...

Kazumi Ohno is inspired by a wide range of objects and the world around her, not limited to memory and older things. The works in this series, Voyage of Memories, are influenced by c...

Kazumi Ohno is inspired by a wide range of objects and the world around her, not limited to memory and older things. Using a combination of glass blowing, lamp work, cut and polish, ...

Kazumi Ohno is inspired by a wide range of objects and the world around her, not limited to memory and older things. Using a combination of glass blowing, lamp work, cut and polish, ...

Tom Marosz's art is the culmination of skills, craft, and the attempt to manipulate light in ways that no one expects. His fascination with light is evident in every piece he makes. ...

Cao meticulously places each smaller image to form a dynamic gradient from dark to light which tricks the eye into seeing one image. This expertise in contrast is exemplified in all ...

In a captivating new collection, Alex Guofeng Cao dazzles audiences with his unique twist on instantly recognizable images. Inspired by history and pop culture, Cao manipulates one i...

'We surround ourselves with elements from nature in the form of manicured lawns, sculpted trees, and our domesticated companions. We bend the natural world to our tastes and create a...

'We surround ourselves with elements from nature in the form of manicured lawns, sculpted trees, and our domesticated companions. We bend the natural world to our tastes and create a...

Intricate, ethereal and highly textured, the abstract compositions of Japanese mosaic artist Toyoharu Kii reflect a sophisticated approach to the technica...

Intricate, ethereal and highly textured, the abstract compositions of Japanese mosaic artist Toyoharu Kii reflect a sophisticated approach to the technical art of mosaic making. Classically trained in Florence, Italy, Kii creates his modern mosaics using traditional techniques and materials, including hand-cut Italian marble and Venetian smalti glass. Eschewing the figural in favor of the abstract, his mosaics rely on contrasts of pattern and form to convey complex themes and achieve visual harmony. Toyoharu Kii’s latest body of work “Geophytes” continues themes of rebirth and renewal. A reference to plants that regrow from hidden elements beneath the earth’s surface, the series celebrates the resilience of the natural world. Each mosaic is imagined as a landscape that documents a history of environmental damage due to human activity, and the subsequent return of nature as a restorative force. Through the juxtaposition of patterns and the interplay of order and disorder, Kii creates man-made “images of destruction” and finds hope in the future by “reconstructing nature.” In this mosaic entitled "Ghost (Big Wings)," Kii takes a more representational approach to his storytelling, creating figurative drawings out of thin lines of tesserae. The mosaic belongs to his “Ghost” triptych, wherein Kii uses “wings” to represent the presence of a heavenly being, the ghosts of past spirits or the presence of an angel or guardian. In “Ghost (Big Wings),” Kii mourns the extinction of many creatures due to environmental change and imagines their lonely spirits wandering the earth. Enveloping their silhouettes is “a bird with big wings,” writes Kii, depicted here within a dense mosaic of abstract patterns, a symbol for nature’s healing power. “The bird consoles...