Kazumi Tanaka

Kazumi Tanaka sculpts miniature musical instruments from animal skulls, and draws with tea and inks handmade of wildflowers. The drawings in the exhibition focus on Kiku, a flower known in Japan for its medicinal properties and given as an offering to the deceased. Feelings of loss of ancestral and childhood memories give way to new connections with nature.

I felt the existence of living creatures so close - their lives and deaths are very much near us... For some reason, the process helped me heal from some of the difficulties I encountered as if [the materials from nature] carry the healing power somehow. Perhaps their message can be picked up when we are open to listening within the silence. – Kazumi Tanaka