„Bamboo Leaf” – brooch/pendant
I made this work for the exhibition at the Yes Gallery entitled “Women’s Voice”. It is to start on April 9, 2021 (Poznań, Poland). Its idea is to present a woman’s point of view – including the recent political and social developments in Poland, but also any other feminist topics that women would like to raise. The subject of this exhibition is very close to me – I have always considered myself and will consider myself a feminist because I am proud to be a woman.
I made a series of 3 works for the exhibition, each of them touches a slightly different topic. I will start the presentation with the first one, which is also close to me because of the Zen aspect. The work seems inconspicuous, but as it always does in everything I do – it has a secondary meaning.
It is a bamboo twig. One of its leaves is a female figure who, smiling, watches the flying birds. Those birds were once leaves.
The stimulus to create this brooch / pendant are several quotes:
- “Zen in the art of archery” – Eugen Herrigel
“The bamboo leaf bends lower and lower under the pressure of the snow. Suddenly the snow slips to the ground without the leaf having stirred. Stay like that at the point of highest tension until the shot falls from you. So, indeed, it is: when the tension is fulfilled, the shot must fall, it must fall from the archer like snow from a bamboo leaf, before he even thinks it.”
- Ping Fu
“Bamboo is flexible, it bends under the influence of the wind, but never breaks, it is able to adapt to any circumstances. It suggests elasticity, which means that we have the ability to rebound even from the most difficult times… Your ability to develop depends on it. ultimately from your attitude to life circumstances. Take everything calmly and gracefully, sending energy when needed, but always maintaining inner peace. ”
- “Serenity” – Wash
“I’m a leaf in the wind. Watch me fly.”
Silver 925, oxidized black, 24k gold flakes
Weight: 34,3 g
Size: 10 cm x 6 cm
