Landscape: The Garden

While making the mirror. I used silver glass mirror spray paint with water and vinegar.

After finishing the layers, I scratched drawing the surface with a dentist tool to make the living organisms.

            After my experience at Fairchild Garden, I had the idea of recreating the life inside a pond. I think that when we encounter with “nature” either manipulated by men (garden) or not, there is always a reaction of surprise and deep contemplation. In “nature”, we can be ourselves and find a connection with every living thing in it. We feel that we are all part of the greatest creation ever made. Being a drawing-mirror, my piece tries to keep the viewer in an act of contemplation and reflection. Its details attract the viewer’s attention more and more. I like the way the piece seems to be, at first glance, only a mirror, but when you pay real attention you find something else. This, in some way just like in “nature”, works as a camouflage. I wanted to show what is invisible to our eyes, but that is there and everywhere: organisms.  

Mirrors are so hard to photograph. This piece looks better when seeing it in person.