So-Sei
Installation
Justine McLaren | Akie Haga
shown at Canberra Glassworks as part of the
2024 Craft and Design Festival
1 Nov 2024 - 31 July 2025
Artwork details
So-Sei
Justine McLaren and Akie Haga
2024
borosilicate glass + furnace glass
In this installation, So-sei, artists Akie Haga and Justine McLaren present flameworked glass habitats of native Australian plants as if in the aftermath of bushfire. Haga and McLaren combine glass and fire to portray their interpretation of So-sei, the Japanese word used to describe rebirth after destruction, the organic promise and unstoppable burst of fresh sprouts that follow devastation.