harue shimomoto: a strong quiet

I need a quiet day today.  A deep breath.  A few moments of reflection.  An hour of stillness. Harue Shimomoto’s expertly ‘woven’ sculptural tapestries are the perfect way to start today’s journey.  [Click on the images for the larger version.]

Shimomoto fused glass rods to ‘weave’ the massive installations. Describing the work, art scholar Judy Clowes explains, “This precisely arranged glass environment captures her experience of a particular aspect of each season: a summer storm, a quiet autumn rain, the crisp, cold winter night sky, and the reflective surface of a spring pond.” Clowes goes on to say that the artist is striving for what she calls “a strong quiet:  the quiet of a mountain.”   Mmmmmm….

The gossamer glass wisps are hard to capture in still photographs – watch the video clip below, of Shimomoto’s MFA exhibit, to get a sense of the size and scale of these tapestries (about halfway into the three minute video).

Walking through glass rain from Shelby Falk on Vimeo.