"Shattered Past" Photo series 2017 - 2020

 

Artist Statement

    My whole life, I have had a fascination with glass and the way it bends light. Back in 2016, I discovered a way to combine my art skills with this phenomenon in my photography. This led to my current photo series, "Shattered Past".

    In this series, I channel my Japanese heritage through the ancient philosophy of Wabi-sabi by photographing various types of antique broken glass with a variety of experimental techniques such as water, studio lights, and even blacklights [Ultraviolet light]. Similar to the art form of Kintsugi, all compositions included in my Shattered Past series emphasize how something used, broken, and thrown away as trash can be recovered and made more beautiful than ever before with just a little bit of care.

    This is of course a metaphor for broken people who, like the glass in the compositions, can be picked back up and put back together brighter and more interesting than the way they started.

    To be "Broken" doesn't always mean something is trash. Scars give people character the same way cracks do with glass. Like glass, these "flaws" can make a thing appear weak and can even stand out from the excepted standards.  However, cracks shine the brightest in the light, and without them, people may just see right through you. This is the message I convey with each and every composition in this series.

2017

"Mixed Glass" Composition # 6832-2017

Monochromatic amethyst inverted variant

The unofficial poster art of the Shattered Past Series, this piece is composed of miscellaneous reclaimed broken glass fragments ranging from late 1800's to 1960's illuminated by a single central light source. Never for sale but always available as the cover art for my artist statement.

"Baby Themed Glass" Composition # 6872-2017

Monochromatic inverted fuchsia pink variant

This piece is composed of reclaimed broken glass fragments of various vintage baby bottles  and other related baby products ranging from late 1800's to 1960's. Available in monochromatic pink, and inverted (blue) variants.

"Automobile Glass" Composition #6918-2017

Normal variant

This piece is composed of broken glass from antique car headlights ranging from 1920's to 1940's. Available in yellow, red, and green variants also available combined to mimic a traffic light.

"Soda Bottles" Composition # 6929-2017

Monochromatic sepia inverted variant

This piece is composed of reclaimed broken glass fragments of various vintage soda bottles and related products ranging from late 1800's to 1960's. Available in a monochromatic grayscale, cyanotype, sepia variants.

"Wine Bottles" Composition # 6981-2017

Monochromatic bordeaux inverted variant

This piece is mostly composed of reclaimed broken glass fragments of vintage wine bottles  and related products ranging from late 1800's to 1940's. Available in a monochromatic "bordeaux" color inverted variant.

"Cola Bottles" Composition # 6860-2017

Inverted variant

Monochromatic Georgia green inverted variant

Monochromatic sepia inverted variant

Monochromatic grayscale inverted variant

This piece is composed of reclaimed broken glass fragments of vintage Coca Cola bottles ranging from 1920's to 1940's. Available in monochromatic grayscale, sepia, inverted, and the classic "Georgia green" variants.

"Cola Bottles" Composition # 7142-2017

Monochromatic Georgia green inverted variant

Monochromatic Sepia inverted variant

Monochromatic Cyanotype inverted variant

Monochromatic grayscale inverted variant

This piece is composed of reclaimed broken glass fragments of vintage Coca Cola bottles ranging from 1920's to 1940's. Available in monochromatic grayscale, sepia, Cyanotype, and the classic "Georgia green" variants.

"Cola Bottles" Composition # 7132-2017

Monochromatic grayscale inverted variant

This piece is composed of reclaimed broken glass fragments of vintage Coca Cola bottles ranging from 1920's to 1940's. Available in monochromatic grayscale, sepia, and the classic "Georgia green" variants.

"Leaking Milk Bottle" Composition # 7595-2017

Normal variant

This piece is a digital photograph of a cracked antique milk bottle filled with water and lit with two crossing studio lights to create a vibrant visual affect.

"Glassware" Composition # 7605-2017

Normal variant

This piece is composed of various broken clear antique dishware ranging from late 1800's to 1940's lit with two crossing studio lights to create a vibrant visual affect.

"Raving Alcoholic" Composition # 7702-2017

Normal variant

This piece is composed of reclaimed broken glass fragments of vintage alcohol bottles and related products ranging from late 1800's to 1940's illuminated by various colored lights.

2018

"Automobile Glass" Composition # 8215-2018

Inverted variant

Monochromatic Sepia inverted variant

Monochromatic grayscale inverted variant

This piece is composed of various broken antique glass from car parts ranging from 1920's to 1940's. Available in monochromatic grayscale, sepia, and inverted variants.

"Ball Blue Glass" Composition # 8235-2018

Normal variant

Inverted variant

This piece is composed of reclaimed broken glass fragments of "Ball" blue colored bottles and other miscellaneous antique glass ranging from 1910's to 1940's. 

"Mixed Cobalt Blue Glass" Composition # 8250-2018

Normal variant

This piece is composed of reclaimed broken glass fragments of miscellaneous vintage cobalt blue bottles ranging from late 1800's to 1940's.

"Mixed Uranium Glass" Composition # 8282-2018

Inverted variant

Monochromatic grayscale inverted variant

Monochromatic green inverted variant

This piece is composed of miscellaneous reclaimed broken glass fragments of uranium glass ranging from late 1920's to 1940's photographed in normal LED lighting (No ultraviolet light).

"Mixed Aquamarine glass" Composition # 8300-2018

Inverted variant

Monochromatic Aquamarine inverted variant

Monochromatic Sepia inverted variant

Monochromatic grayscale inverted variant

This piece is composed of reclaimed broken glass fragments of miscellaneous vintage aquamarine colored glass ranging from late 1800's to 1940's. Available in monochromatic grayscale, Aquamarine, sepia, and inverted variants.

"Mixed Amber Brown Glass" Composition # 8324-2018

Normal variant

This piece is composed of reclaimed broken glass fragments of miscellaneous vintage amber brown bottles ranging from late 1800's to 1940's.

"Soda Bottles" Composition # 8332-2018

Inverted variant

Monochromatic Sepia inverted variant

Monochromatic grayscale inverted variant

This piece is composed of reclaimed broken glass fragments of various vintage soda bottles and related products ranging from late 1800's to 1960's. Available in monochromatic grayscale, and inverted variants.

"Baby Themed Glass" Composition # 8348-2018

Inverted variant

Monochromatic grayscale inverted variant

This piece is composed of reclaimed broken glass fragments of various vintage baby bottles  and other related baby products ranging from late 1800's to 1960's. Available in monochromatic grayscale, pink, and inverted (blue) variants.

"Medical Bottles" Composition # 8362-2018

Monochromatic red inverted variant

Monochromatic grayscale inverted variant

Monochromatic sepia inverted variant

This piece is composed of reclaimed broken glass fragments of vintage medical bottles and related products ranging from late 1800's to 1940's. Available in monochromatic grayscale, sepia, and red variants.

"Melted Bottles" Composition # 8568-2018

Monochromatic sepia inverted variant

This piece is composed of reclaimed antique glass bottles ranging from 1890's to 1940's which were warped by extreme heat during the burning process of an old landfill.

2019

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2020

No known compositions exist for the year, 2020!

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