Executed with deft manual skill and astute material knowledge, Akashi’s visual language emphasizes the impermanence of the natural world, recording and indexing fragmented moments in time. The repeated use of the hand as motif serves as a symbol for Akashi’s ongoing investigation into the temporality of the human experience. Often cast in bronze or crystal, her hands bare the mark of time on her body, her growing fingernails, and aging flesh.

Cosmos (2023) is an elegant example of Akashi's attunement for material sophistication. Gesturing gently to maintain the chain of flower's fragility, Cosmos encompasses Akashi's investigation into the notion of mortality in the human experience, the physical and natural world, and the arrestment of time.

Yet, her take on her own practice is not a morbid one. Akashi references the phrase 'mono no aware' (物の哀れ). “It refers to a wistful awareness of impermanence—the ‘pathos of things.’ It’s central to hanami, the Japanese custom of venturing out to enjoy the brief season of cherry blossoms."

Executed with deft manual skill and astute material knowledge, Akashi’s visual language emphasizes the impermanence of the natural world, recording and indexing fragmented moments in time. The repeated use of the hand as motif serves as a symbol for Akashi’s ongoing investigation into the temporality of the human experience. Often cast in bronze or crystal, her hands bare the mark of time on her body, her growing fingernails, and aging flesh.

Cosmos (2023) is an elegant example of Akashi's attunement for material sophistication. Gesturing gently to maintain the chain of flower's fragility, Cosmos encompasses Akashi's investigation into the notion of mortality in the human experience, the physical and natural world, and the arrestment of time.

Yet, her take on her own practice is not a morbid one. Akashi references the phrase 'mono no aware' (物の哀れ). “It refers to a wistful awareness of impermanence—the ‘pathos of things.’ It’s central to hanami, the Japanese custom of venturing out to enjoy the brief season of cherry blossoms."

Executed with deft manual skill and astute material knowledge, Akashi’s visual language emphasizes the impermanence of the natural world, recording and indexing fragmented moments in time. The repeated use of the hand as motif serves as a symbol for Akashi’s ongoing investigation into the temporality of the human experience. Often cast in bronze or crystal, her hands bare the mark of time on her body, her growing fingernails, and aging flesh.

Cosmos (2023) is an elegant example of Akashi's attunement for material sophistication. Gesturing gently to maintain the chain of flower's fragility, Cosmos encompasses Akashi's investigation into the notion of mortality in the human experience, the physical and natural world, and the arrestment of time.

Yet, her take on her own practice is not a morbid one. Akashi references the phrase 'mono no aware' (物の哀れ). “It refers to a wistful awareness of impermanence—the ‘pathos of things.’ It’s central to hanami, the Japanese custom of venturing out to enjoy the brief season of cherry blossoms."

Executed with deft manual skill and astute material knowledge, Akashi’s visual language emphasizes the impermanence of the natural world, recording and indexing fragmented moments in time. The repeated use of the hand as motif serves as a symbol for Akashi’s ongoing investigation into the temporality of the human experience. Often cast in bronze or crystal, her hands bare the mark of time on her body, her growing fingernails, and aging flesh.

Cosmos (2023) is an elegant example of Akashi's attunement for material sophistication. Gesturing gently to maintain the chain of flower's fragility, Cosmos encompasses Akashi's investigation into the notion of mortality in the human experience, the physical and natural world, and the arrestment of time.

Yet, her take on her own practice is not a morbid one. Akashi references the phrase 'mono no aware' (物の哀れ). “It refers to a wistful awareness of impermanence—the ‘pathos of things.’ It’s central to hanami, the Japanese custom of venturing out to enjoy the brief season of cherry blossoms."