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Annie Perkins-Rosenberg

Tuski-Yomi Chair Wood, paint, ink on upcycled chair The story of Tuski-Yomi is beautiful as well. Tsukiyomi is the Japanese Shinto moon god, born from the right eye of the creator god Izanagi. In some tales, Tsukiyomi killed the food goddess Ukemochi for serving food from her nose and mouth, which offended his sister Amaterasu, which is why the sun and moon are separate from one another. Token: Tuski-Yomi Chair Wood, paint, ink on upcycled chair

Residency

#7 Woodsman

Sep 1, 2019 – Sep 5, 2019

My process was to use as many things as I could find readily available. Since I knew I wanted to do something on a piece of furniture, I wanted to focus on a recycled or previously used source for it. I found the chair at a Goodwill for $5, took it home and sanded the graffiti off of it. I assume it was used in a schoo…