The current situation the world is facing has in many ways forced us to pause and take a deep breath. My work focuses on the shift in our perception with regard to the relationship between humans and the environment. This glass sculpture Silver lining is made with a cast of a plastic bag with a projected image of the sun coming out of a cloud. The plastic bag takes hundreds of years before it degrades back into nature whereas the cloud melts into the air in a matter of seconds, bringing out the tension and ambiguity between transience and permanence.

Tomoko Amaki Abe, Silver lining, 2020. Glass, Photo projection. 12 x 20 x 8 inches.