"The art of the paper lamp spans eons, skilled hands crafting diffusers out of one of our most ancient materials. Planes coalesce in a multitude of ways, using paper's unique transparencies to their utmost advantage. See Earth is a collection of handmade lamps and found assemblage by SAW.Earth as a gallery exhibition presented at DUDD HAUS in Philadelphia, which opened just this December."
"We all have relationships with the built environment, and this exercise is no different - observation is a skill, and it must be practiced to be honed. In " The Stone," a girl forms a lifelong relationship with a piece of basalt - a dark volcanic rock. Instead of a stuffed animal or pillow, the black stone rests beside her bed. It's captivating, something indefinable yet ancient and alluring in its quiet permanence."
"The same is true of See Earth, compriseing 13 paper lamps and three found wood and stone assemblages, each refined by the slow progression of their lives - our oldest neighbors. The works suggest companionship rather than ornament, objects that sit with us and change subtly as we do. As each piece comments on the tension between the necessary limitations of material and the hands that shape it, Seskunas artfully negotiates between what he wants, and what the material will allow."
See Earth is a collection of thirteen handmade paper lamps and three found wood-and-stone assemblages exhibited at DUDD HAUS in Philadelphia. The pieces use paper's transparency and planes to create diffused light and sculptural presence. Each work is refined by slow processes and gradual change, suggesting companionship rather than ornament. The collection examines the tension between material limitations and the shaping hands, negotiating desire and material response. The project draws on a story about a girl and a basalt stone to anchor ideas of time, proximity, and permanence. The works reconnect earthly materials to cosmic origins.
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