Dyed – Mosaic Artwork Bursts with Color
Artist Creates Vibrant Mosaics With Oil-Dyed Wooden Chips
By Lisa Pollman, Seattle Vine
We spoke with Lauren Davis, Gallery Manager at Seattle’s ArtXchange Gallery to find out more about Morisawa’s work. “Naoko’s wood mosaics reveal her ability to focus on the perfection of the tiniest detail, while still able to create a unified composition that is greater than the sum of its parts. Combining hundreds of tiny pieces of pre-dyed and painted wood is monumentally time-consuming, but the finished works are holistically considered and never overwrought. As you step closer to her work, new universes of appreciation open up – from the graceful lines of the hand-cut pieces, to the patterns of wood-grain visible through layers of color. Then as you step back, you enter her world of inspiration, from subjects as wide-ranging as micro-biology to her love of fashion and shoes,” said Davis.
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