Additional Artwork Images: Artwork Description: L’uomo contemporaneo si trova a un bivio e deve scegliere tra il passato del suo essere e il freddo futuro d’acciaio. Il volto urla, il corpo si spezza, ma la presa rimane. Cosa può fare? L’opposizione è l’ultimo atto di resistenza quando tutto cede. L’uomo si rifiuta di essere sostituito…
Artwork Description: Palakaw in the Ashes embody a philosophy where preparedness is a profound respect for life’s unpredictability. It honors the body’s capability to transform instinct into a shield for those we love. The work stands as a monument to that steady, internal resolve, representing the strength required to navigate chaos, absorb the friction of…
Additional Artwork Images: Artwork Description: Crimson Suture explores the intersection of inherited martial discipline and the psychological labor of healing. The distressed bamboo, a primary tool of Balintawak, carries the trauma of sustained impact. Its organic cross-like grain patterns elicits a sense of structural sacrifice, by binding the fractured wood with crimson thread, the violent…
Additional Artwork Images: Artwork Description: Dagger Emerged from Clay is the first work in an ongoing series inspired by Naomi’s training in knife fighting and Kajukenbo. The series examines the structural limits of clay through forms traditionally associated with knife making. This piece was hand-thrown and sculpted on the pottery wheel, then finished using a…
Additional Artwork Images: Artwork Description: Cuentada Balance explores the principles of Kajukenbo and Balintawak, martial arts Naomi has practiced since the age of five. Cuentada, meaning “counter for counter,” describes a continuous exchange in which every movement is a response to the one before it. Within Eskrima, the stick and blade function as extensions of…
Artwork Description: Contemporary ceramic teapot with an elongated overhead handle, displayed on a fractured stone base alongside untreated clay and sand. Inspired by the book of Ecclesiastes. Width: 21 Height: 17 Depth: 13 Custom Medium: Ceramics, raw clay sand, and stone Artwork year of completion: 2025 Price: 1800 Currency: USD : $ USD (US Dollar)
Artwork Description: In many immigrant households and communities of color, fruit has long carried a meaning beyond nourishment. It appears before guests arrive, sits at the center of family tables, accompanies visits to the sick, and is offered in moments when language alone is insufficient. Care is often expressed less through declaration than through the…
Additional Artwork Images: Artwork Description: Inspired by the artist’s cat, Lemon, this contemporary teapot references the bright release of oil and scent when a citrus rind is first broken. The understated exterior conceals hand-painted underglaze and sgraffito drawings that become visible only when the piece is tilted to pour. By placing the artwork beneath the…
Artwork Description: Mixed technique ink and acrylic Width: 50 Height: 70 Artwork year of completion: 2026 Price: 1 Currency: EUR : € EUR (Euro)
Artwork Description: Model from the North Carolina Academy of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. Width: 20 Height: 25 Artwork year of completion: 2024 Price: 2000 Currency: USD : $ USD (US Dollar)
