Artist Statement

I feel that sand has an unlimited time; compared to ones human life. A sand-castles shape can be broken by only a little breeze and the maker cant build exactly the same shape again, only similar. I ve used a lot of over-layering and utilise found objects from the Thames foresore. I like to explore the delicate quality of sand as a metaphor for peoples illusions of time and their vanity of life. I hope to present these images to communicate this to the viewer.

Yoko Iwaya

London Guildhall University BA (hons.) Fine Art Specializing in silk-screen print