Series 111: Founders Collection

Anchor #9: Resilience & the Gold

There is a profound beauty in the "break."

Anchor No.9 is a meditation on Kintsugi—the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold. This piece is a tribute to resilience: the sacred ability to not just survive our fractures, but to be transformed by them.

In this work, the gold isn't masking the cracks; it is celebrating them. It maps the journey of the ink, flowing into the heavy spaces and turning every hardship into a vein of light.

Nature teaches us that resilience isn’t about staying "unbroken." It’s about the strength to gather our pieces and allow the light to bind them back together. You are not just mended—you are more intricate, more valuable, and more radiant because of the path you have walked.

The Invitation:

Trace the golden veins with your eyes.

Inhale: I honor my resilience.

Exhale: I am more beautiful for the break.

Trust the mending.

Details & Materials

• Dimensions: 5x7 inches

• Media: Archival Sumi Ink and Pigmented Gold Paint

• Surface: Premium Handmade Mulberry Fiber Paper 

• Collection: Original 9 of 11 from Series 111 (Chapter One)

• Presentation: Sold unframed allowing you the space to choose a frame that best resonates with your sanctuary.

Studio Inclusions

• A Signed Certificate of Authenticity: Ensuring the lineage of your original work.

Shipping & Care

Archival Packaging: To protect the delicate fibers and gold work, this piece will be wrapped with care and shipped in a rigid box mailer.

The Beauty of the Organic: Because I work with natural fibers and papers, slight variations in texture and the organic "deckled" edges of the paper are intentional. These are the marks of the hand and the history of the piece.

All sales final to honor the intentional, one-of-a-kind nature of the work. Each Anchor is a one-of-a-kind companion meant specifically for its new home.