Birth and Death just take place and we cannot act, that is why I chose this abstract expression to show my thoughts. The idea came 3 months before the passing of my husband.
OOAK, 25” high, modelled of air-drying clay over a base and covered with washi-paper. The cover of the body and the wings are of one piece of special Japanese paper, supported only by a wire at the top-line, then stiffened.
In private collection