Shattered Dreams

Making waves,  Paint, filler, wire and aluminium. 120 cm x 87 cm.

Based on the Maritime archaeology of Sten Sjostrand and the ceramic discoveries of the Wanli shipwreck off the coast of Malaysia.  This piece reflects the movement and rhythms of water on fragmented blue and white shards.  The patterns and motifs on the crumpled aluminium rectangles approximate the Chinese trade ceramics of the Wanli period (1600-1627), without attempting to reproduce them directly.