Exhibited at DESIGN MIAMI. 2023 Designed and hand-crafted by American artist Ethan Stebbins, the Wabi Sabi Bed draws inspiration from the Japanese culture of appreciation and humility, with instinctual techniques that embrace the natural edge and textures of the material. The Maine-based stone carver and wood crafter uses the Japanese time-honored techniques of interlocking joinery with hand-cut and chiseled local materials he carefully selects from the rocky coasts surrounding his studio. Through their elegant simplicity, Stebbins creates organic forms that emphasize the material’s inherent beauty, as well as the master craftsmen’s painstaking work. “My work mainly relies on paying close attention to the organic matter’s properties. One must appreciate the individual characteristics of a certain wood kind or a certain type of stone before shaping them and joining the two together. […] There is a rather special moment when you carve, a quiet, flashing moment when the natural character of the stone reveals itself. This moment is everything.” - Ethan Stebbins
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