Collections
Museums
Jan Ken Pon Kimono
2001
Size: 5.5' x 5' x 6"
Media: wire, silk, scissors, produce netting, nylon netting and handmade paper of rice paper, Japanese manga comics and candy wrappers.
Sold to: The Peabody Essex Museum — Salem, MA
Photo: George R. Young
Hospitals
Synapse Tapestry
2015
Albert Sherman Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School's Department of Neurology — Worcester, MA
(Photos of the collection of three tapestries created for this center)
Warm and Cool Butterflies
Mayo Clinic's Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology — Rochester, MN. 2014
Thoughts of Spring
Walnut Creek, CA. 2012
Commissioned by the John Muir Medical Center.
Neuron Kimono
2008
Size: 63.5" x 46" x 3.5"
Media: wire, silk, produce netting, nylon netting and handmade paper of rice paper, plastic sushi grass, Japanese Manga comics, Japanese and Chinese food wrappers and recycled jewelry.
Boston Children’s Hospital Life Sciences Research Building. Pediatric Neurological Research Department — Boston, MA
link to larger photo
Photo: George R. Young
Sea, Land and Sky Kimonos
Main Lobby Atrium. Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara, CA. 2004.
Persimmon and Grasshopper Ikebana
2006
Size: 2.5’ x 3.5’ x 5”
Media: silver plated wire, produce netting, kozo papers, mini shoyu bottle caps, Chinese preserved fruit wrappers, Japanese food wrappers, and Japanese manga comics, nylon tulle, cotton fabric and needlepoint netting.
Main Lobby Kaiser Permanente Hospital — Santa Clara, CA.
Photo: George R. Young
Other pieces: International Butterfly, Land, Sea, Sky Kimonos
Lily Blooms and Butterfly Ikebana
2006
Size: 2.5’ x 3.5’ x 5”
Media: silver plated wire, kozo papers, Chinese, Japanese and Russian food wrappers, and nylon tulle, cotton and silk fabrics, and needlepoint netting.
Main Lobby Kaiser Permanente Hospital — Santa Clara, CA.
Photo: George R. Young
Chrysanthemums and Dragonflies Ikebana
2006
Size: 2.5’ x 3.5’ x 5”
Media: silver plated wire, kozo papers, Chinese preserved fruit wrappers, Japanese food wrappers, Japanese manga comics, nylon tulle, cotton and silk fabrics and needlepoint netting.
Main Lobby Kaiser Permanente Hospita — Santa Clara, CA.
Photo: George R. Young
Boton Butterfly
2004
Size: 56" x 78" x 6"
Media: enameled wire, silk, nylon netting from Walker Bags of San Francisco, Japanese and Chinese food wrappers, produce netting, images from kimono collar box lid and cloth from vintage Japanese rice bags.
Permanent Collection, Children's Hospital Boston, MA.
Photo: George R. Young
Salty Lemon Spring Butterfly
2005
Size: 40" x 27" x 2"
Media: enameled wire, Chinese and Japanese food wrappers, kozo paper, mini plastic shoyu bottle caps and glass beads.
Permanent collection, Children's Hospital Boston at Waltham, MA.
A second version is in a private collection in Paris, France.
Individuals
Tipping Bowls
Private collection: Emily Pottruck, San Francisco, CA
Firework Kimono
Private collection: Emily Pottruck, San Francisco, CA
Butterfly Kimono
2005
Size: 36" x 18.5" x 6"
Media: enameled wire, silk, paper origami butterflies, produce netting, nylon netting scraps from Walker Bags of San Francisco, mini shoyu bottle caps, glass beads and handmade papers made of mulberry fiber, Japanese and Chinese food wrappers.
Private Collector through L'Attitude Gallery— Boston, MA
Ship to: Paris, France.
Photo: George R. Young
Frost and Fire Butterfly
2004
Size: 30" x 60" x 4"
Media: wire, silk produce netting, nylon netting, Japanese comics and Chinese and Japanese food wrappers.
Private collection: Jack Welch.
Photo: George R. Young