still life flower vase

Natural stone is a material created by the earth over a tremendous period of time. Naturally, these materials are a finite resource with limited reserves. When marble and many other natural stone materials are processed into table tops, floor and wall tiles, there is always waste material that cannot be turned into products. These scraps may be processed as crushed stone and reprocessed, or they may be dumped without being reused. However, in the process of reprocessing, the inherent beauty of the patterns, colours and textures of the stone, which have been created over a tremendous number of years, is lost. This work is a project to preserve the inherent beauty of the resource for future generations and remind them that the resource is limited and precious, by reusing natural stone scraps, which until now have only been treated as industrial waste, and turning them into products. Still life is a genre of Western painting that originated in the Netherlands in the 16th and 17th centuries, in which artists freely arrange and paint still natural and man-made objects based on their own aesthetic sensibility. This flower vase is composed of several different elements: stone, glass, brass, water and plants. The tilted glass is placed against the stone to express the collision of these elements and their fusion into a single piece of work. The glass and water allow light to pass through, reflecting the shadows of the plants on the rough-chiseled stone surface. Still life is also an art form that allegorically expresses the cruelty and transience of this world. The contrast created by leaning fresh plants and glass filled with water against the decadently crushed stone evokes in the viewer the transience and preciousness of natural stone. Each piece is handmade by a craftsman, and the type, pattern, and colour of the stone used are all different, making each piece unique.