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Ghost Garden Three-Tiered Table

The growth from each branch is supportive of the whole and extends beyond the boundary of function. We live our lives alongside nature while utilizing its peaceful offerings. Ghost Garden embodies our sense of hope for co-existence and healing around our landscapes.

This first Ghost Garden piece is created as a collaboration work with a studio partner at the time Evan Fay in 2020. After the completion this piece was presented at a group exhibition Never Normal at Wasserman Projects Gallery in Detroit in 2020.


We first came up with the idea and drew the concept sketch of a shelf where tree-like sculptures grow beyond the shelving surfaces. When I was gardening, I kept seeing trees, bushes, weeds, and plants growing towards the sunlight wherever they had space. I enjoyed what I touched and smelled while gardening and appreciated their healing power for us. We wanted to express this beautiful natural power through the Ghost Garden series.


All the connections and tips have golden brass joints, emphasizing the natural beauty and strength, created with handcrafted techniques involving brass brazing, filing, and sanding. The Ghost Garden series expresses the power of nature as well as our hope that nature and human society can live together in harmony when we care for the balance of our landscapes.

powder-coated steel, brass

Material

W28.5 D25.5 H75 inch

W72 D65 H190 cm

Dimension

2020

Creation Date

Product Details

Ghost Garden Three-Tiered Table

Ghost Garden Three-Tiered Table

This first Ghost Garden piece is created as a collaboration work with a studio partner at the time Evan Fay in 2020. After the completion this piece was presented at a group exhibition Never Normal at Wasserman Projects Gallery in Detroit in 2020.

Ghost Garden SS Pedestal

Ghost Garden SS Pedestal

With its minimalist design featuring two rounded surfaces, this piece adds a subtle sense of art and utility to any space, such as entranceways, room corners, or other desired locations.

Roommate Stand Lamp

Roommate Stand Lamp

I imagined interior objects as personalities in a home. The Roommate lamp functions like a houseplant, brightening up our daily lives.

Porifera Chair

Porifera Chair

This is another collaboration piece created with my studio partner at the time, Evan Fay. We transformed natural sea sponge into textured seat padding.

Ghost Garden Two-Tiered Table

Ghost Garden Two-Tiered Table

Unlike the first Ghost Garden piece, this two-tiered table features more brazed branches on top, expressing wild growth as if the tree appreciates the freedom of growing up towards the sky.

Hideaway Chair brown velvet

Hideaway Chair brown velvet

This Hideaway Chair, upholstered in brown velvet, showcases a rich interplay of highlights, shadows, and wrinkles on the back cushion.

Roommate Desktop Lamp

Roommate Desktop Lamp

After completing the Roommate Stand Lamp, I expanded the design to include a desktop lamp featuring a small candelabra globe bulb and thinner steel rods for the loops.

Click-Clock

Click-Clock

Click Clock is a timepiece with softly sculpted lines that hint at the time of the day. Shadows of the surface change with the path of sunlight reflecting upon the silent moment in the clamor of life.

Ghost Garden Wall Decor

Ghost Garden Wall Decor

This wall decor, crafted using the techniques and processes of the Ghost Garden series, was made as a Christmas gift for a friend. Influenced from Harry Bertoia's jewelry work, the petal-shaped elements on this wall decor are made of folded steel and connected through nut and screws.

Hideaway Chair white bouclé

Hideaway Chair white bouclé

The ivory bouclé fabric on this Hideaway Chair was used to add a soft plush and nubby texture, offering soft and tactile feel.

Roommate Pendant Lamp

Roommate Pendant Lamp

This pendant lamp, another addition to the Roommate Lamp series, is currently hanging from the ceiling in Ayako's studio. It features a small candelabra globe bulb and thinner steel rods for the loops.

Button Up Chair

Button Up Chair

Once it's closed up, the cylinder-shaped wall creates a cozy and quiet escape nook separated from the outside world. The sewn ruffles express the protective warmth to hold and envelop the person seated inside.

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