Fresh Start

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Title Fresh Start
Creator Jes Booth
Building Gittins Gallery; Art & Art History Building
Spatial Coverage University of Utah
Location City/State Salt Lake City, UT
Description Fresh Start was inspired initially by a Chinese myth about Meng Po, a deity whose role in reincarnation is to give you a tea that erases everything from your past so that as you are reincarnated, you have a fresh slate that isn't encumbered by the past. Similar ideas of rebirth and the constant cycling of energy into new forms is found abundantly in nature. The number 115 in numerology is symbolic of major life changes and to embrace new opportunities with optimism and positivity. As I was researching trees and water sources relationships, I found that trees help to filter and purify groundwater. This knowledge blended beautifully with the myth about a tea used for filtering the human spirit for its next journey. I wanted to weave these cups together to show the networks and mutually beneficial relationship between water sources and trees and symbolically tie that to how the natural world and humanity could also enter into a similar relationship. This piece is part of the MFA Exhibition "Woven Worlds".
Subject MFA; Thesis; Graduate; Student work; Gittins Gallery; Ceramics; Craft; Woven Worlds
Date 2024
Form Exhibition photograph
Medium Ceramics; Apricot branches; Pine needles; Wire
ARK ark:/87278/s61k7jx6
Setname uu_aah_artpr
ID 2496834
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61k7jx6
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