Dimensions: L 95cm x H 160cm x P 5cm

Komorebi is a Japanese word which describes the patterns of light and shadows created in the environment when sunlight shines through the leaves of the trees. 

This artwork started with a series of photographs of this phenomenon, which I turned into a digital pattern and laser cut onto a white silk organza fabric. 

Combining Industrial machinery with handmade process, each piece of ‘light’ was assembled individually by hand through a silver-plated wire, which I later wove into a panel that is as light as air. 

Two acrylic bars act as frame support for the warp wires whilst the weft wire runs through the piece as one continuous line. 

The positive and negative space, light and shadows, and semi-transparent nature of Komorebi are a reflection on Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto's words 'presence through absence'.

With its seemingly decaying floral appearance, the piece is a symbol of the Japanese concept of Mono No Aware, the bittersweet realisation that with the passage of time everything fades and the beauty of life is ephemeral.