Nancy Moore Bess

"Nancy More Bess uses raffia, bamboo and waxed linen and borrows various fragments of Japanese culture collected on her numerous trips to Japan to create her exquisite small vessels. Not only do the materials inspire Nancy but also the Japanese way of using materials. The memory of the place where each artifact was collected influences the piece. Some of the vessels are not intended to be opened yet contain within such treasures as Japanese divining papers, an amulet, a Jizo figure (Japanese symbol of lost children). Other pieces may create a scene inside a small box covered with woven strips of pages from an old book." - Jane Sauer Gallery.

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