When the painter finished painting our studio, we discovered that he had left off the handle to our exterior door. In fact, he hadn’t even painted it to match. We decided to reattach it without painting it in celebration of the Japanese aesthetic known as “wabi-sabi.”
“Wabi-sabi) (侘寂) is rooted in a Japanese world view that accepts imperfection and the transient nature of all things. Wabi-sabi is about finding beauty in imperfection, impermanence and incompleteness. Every time we open our outer door, the handle reminds us of the impermanence of things, including our beautiful exterior
I work in the fragile medium of paper. Working within the aesthetic of “wabi-sabi” helps me accept the imperfections that naturally arise when working in this medium. Each piece I craft, whether earrings, art cards, garden crane garlands, or wall art, celebrates “wabi-sabi.”
–Vicki Bolen
Learn more about “wabi-sabi” by reading this Wikipedia article .
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