"the fortune teller"
This work begins with a vintage teacup and saucer.
A message is written in the cup using flower buds and petals of fragrant teas. The same buds and petals are wrapped in silk and made into a tea pouch to which i attach a small hand made paper booklet which contains a customizable saying, poem or message.
This work which was created as a birthday gift. The petals form a message which is a fortune teller’s wish for happiness " A Magical Day Awaits You" .
The cup and saucer are placed in a translucent plastic version of the classic chinese food take-out container; inside the container, real fortune cookies support the cup and saucer.
The outside of the container is decorated with a hand painted and collaged image of a hollywood-style gypsy woman; her crystal ball is made of the tiniest glass beads in the world.
The booklet at the end of the silk tea pouch opens to a haiku by the 17th century Haiku master, Basho, and it reads...
"there is nothing you can see that is not a flower
there is nothing you can see that is not the moon"