Wabi Sabi Living

Traces of an Ongoing Artistic Research

Wabi Sabi Living
captures the moment when artistic inquiry transcends the boundaries of the artwork and continues to manifest itself as a perceptual practice. It is not a separate discipline, but the natural extension of working with material into lived experience.

Shibui (Shibusa): The 7 Qualities of Japanese Aesthetics

Shibui (Shibusa): The 7 Qualities of Japanese Aesthetics

A cup left on a table.
The matte surface of the ceramic.
The imperfection in the material.
Nothing asks for attention.
And yet something remains.
Shibui expresses this very quality: a quiet, essential beauty
that does not reveal itself immediately, but unfolds over time.

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WABI SABI LIVING  A DAILY PRACTICE

WABI SABI LIVING A DAILY PRACTICE

Living wabi sabi today.
Choosing what remains.
Inhabiting what is here.
Accepting what changes.
Presence.

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Kintsugi and Relationships

Kintsugi and Relationships

Not everything that breaks can be repaired.
Not everything that can be repaired should be.
There are conditions.
Time.
Space.
A choice.

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Wabi Sabi Shoji Mug: Where Art, Philosophy, and Everyday Life Meet

Wabi Sabi Shoji Mug: Where Art, Philosophy, and …

The earth reaches the hands.
A form slowly takes shape.
Before the object, there is a gesture.
Before the result, there is a time.

The cup is born this way

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The Ensō: A Living Form in Mindful Creation

The Ensō: A Living Form in Mindful Creation

A trace.
An emptiness.
A possibility.

The Ensō does not illustrate something.

It opens a space.

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The Wabi Sabi Meaning: A Guide Through Matter

The Wabi Sabi Meaning: A Guide Through Matter

Rust settles slowly.
Dust returns to surfaces.
Flowers open, then wither.
Wrinkles write the face.
Clouds drift.
No sky is ever the same twice.

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MANUELA METRA

Manuela Metra is a contemporary visual artist and Wabi-Sabi ceramic artist, graduated from the San Luca Academy of Fine Arts. For more than twenty-five years, she has developed an artistic practice that explores the visceral power of matter through contemporary sculpture, Zen aesthetics, and transformative processes. Her work is shaped using natural stoneware, wild clay, and pigments prepared by hand.

She is the founder of Celadon – Wabi Sabi Academy, a space devoted to the study of ceramics, material experimentation, and the exploration of the relationship between earth, water, and form.