Sunflowers and Running Greyhound

A plate of glass shows a still from a stop-motion video. Black glass frit shows a greyhound running from right to left.

A plate of glass shows a still from a stop-motion video. Black glass frit shows three sunflowers—two with heads—rising from the ground.

Materials:: Glass sand, stop-motion animation
Dimensions:: Each: 15 sec.
Made:: United States, Worcester, Massachusetts : 2018

Artist(s):

Sakai, Tomo: born: 1978; Japan

Selector Statement

Occasionally, the most direct processes reveal the best results. This is the case with Sunflowers and Running Greyhound, compelling narrative animations created with loose glass frit and the immediacy of the iPhone.

–Lipman, Beth