Whidbey Island Pier P08942-P00112 The big dipper winks at

The big dipper winks at you if you can find it in this homage to open starry skies and dreamy nights

Its surface is finished with a gloss varnish

Oxidized and then finished to a high polish

This luxe box is a lost wax casting in glass

and every element is sawn

Whidbey Island Pier P08942-P00112 The big dipper winks atThis painting is part of the artist's Nihonga collection. It was made using the traditional Japanese mineral pigment painting methods; a labor intensive process that involves making water based paints, binders, and glue using natural materials bought in Japan. Mineral pigments, pine soot (sumi), indigo, and oxidized Japanese silver leaf all play their part in this finely veiled, multi layered painting on Kumohadamashi washi paper stretched on a canvas