Art
Japanese Sand Garden by Dana Major
- Item Number
- 114
- Estimated Value
- 150 USD
- Leading Bid
- 150 USD
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
A Japanese sand garden with colorful stoneware pieces.
Traditional Japanese gardens are a living work of art, they are constantly sculpted to maintain and enhance the overall experience; hence, a Japanese garden is never the same and never really finished. Part of the art is to keep the garden almost static, like a painting.
The act of raking the sand into a pattern recalling waves or rippling water has an aesthetic function. Achieving perfection of lines is not easy. Rakes are according to the patterns of ridges as desired and limited to some of the stoneware objects situated within the sand area. Developing variations in patterns is a creative and inspiring challenge.
Dana Major is a ceramic artist from Chicago, Ill. In 1991 she received a BA in philosophy from DePaul University in Chicago. Following college she completed an 18 month apprenticeship in sculpture in St. Petersburg, Russia. Since 1994 Dana has maintained her professional art studio, actively exhibiting throughout the country including SOFA (Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art) New York, Chicago, and Miami and with Ferrin Gallery of Northampton, MA.
She has done numerous one-woman exhibits including American Crafts Gallery (Cleveland, Ohio), Nancy Sachs Gallery (St. Louis, MO), Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation (Louisville, KY), and the Museum of the City of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg, Russia). Presently her studio is located in Chicago, Ill at the Lillstreet Art Center.
This item has been donated by Gretchen Keyworth.
Donated By:
Gretchen Keyworth
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