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ANNA RUSSELL • ARTIST
Zen Gardens - 2013
Travelling in Japan as part of my Masters program, I found it a land of strong contrasts. One of these was the sense of open space and meditative calm of a zen garden, juxtaposed with the tensions of an old culture, not least a militaristic Zen Buddhism. Another was the sacred intermingling with the everyday. The World Heritage pilgrimage trails carry the marks of working paths for timber workers, the forests are plantation timber, a monoculture causing landslides scarring the slopes. Australia’s old growth forests are woodchipped to preserve these forests.
![]() Kii Mountains2013 30x30cm, woodcut and chine colle | ![]() Kii Mountain Ridges2013 60x30cm, woodcut and chine colle |
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![]() Beyond the Garden Wall2013 51x51cm, etching using touche resist | ![]() Zen Garden with Figure2013 20x25cm, etching with 2 plates, using chinograph and touche resist |
![]() Zen Garden Enveloped2013 51x51cm, etching using touche resist | ![]() Zen Garden2013 30x30cm, etching using chinograph resist |
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