“If we value our resources we will waste less”
Sayaka Ganz
"I grew up with Shinto animist belief that all things in the world have
spirits. Thus, when I see discarded items on the street or thrift store
shelves, I feel a deep sadness for them and I am moved to make these
abandoned objects happy. My sympathy goes out equally to all discarded
objects regardless of materials, but my current working material of
choice is plastic. I use mostly common household items to create animal
forms with a sense of movement and self-awareness. I use plastics
because of the variety of curvilinear forms and colors available. I
manipulate and assemble them together as brush strokes to create an
effect similar to a Van Gogh painting in three dimensions."
TRAVELERS - Family of Polar Bears Swimming
NOVA - Phoenix Rising From The Ashes, 2011
FOGO - Red Cheetah Running, 2008
Emergence - Horses Galloping Out of Gallery Wall, 2013
"My work is also about perceiving harmony, even in situations that
appear chaotic from the inside. When observing my sculptures up close,
one might see gaps, holes and items being held on only by small points;
step away, however, and the sculptures reveal the harmony created when
the objects are aligned to the same general (but not identical)
direction. Similarly, it is important to gain perspective by stepping
back from current problems and look at the larger picture. Then one can
perceive the beauty and patterns that exist. "
Sayaka Ganz creates her arts using all discarded items she finds on the street
and in the thrift stores.
and in the thrift stores.
I think, her philosophy fits to the movement called Zero Waste.
This is the lifestyle started be Bea Johnson, the author of the blog Zero Waste Home
In 2008 Bea decided to limit the amount of waste produced by her family to zero.
In 2008 Bea decided to limit the amount of waste produced by her family to zero.
Using the 5R principle (refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, rot) her family of 4 produces
only a jar of waste yearly!!!
Exhibit "Reclaimed Creations" is on display inside in Baker Exhibit Center in Arboretum through January 6, 2019.
