Wabi Sabi Feeling: Reflections on Simplicity and Imperfect Beauty

Wabi Sabi is a special feeling and also a Japanese philosophical aesthetic criterion.
It is the Zen of things. It is a sensation, but also a philosophical aesthetic criterion that is difficult to describe in words. It connects to the fall season, but not only. It is simplicity and warmth, it is made from warm textures and surfaces, it is a bit of nostalgia and melancholy. It is a feeling combined with the beauty that flows. Wabi Sabi is asymmetry and imperfection in perfect harmony. Time adds more beauty to a Wabi Sabi work. The pottery created in this way has this elusive quality inside. The space around these artworks sound of their vibes.

 

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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.