Stardust (from my back yard), 2023 — Stardust sculpted spheres are dorodango (mud dumplings), an ancient Japanese art form, traditionally a form of play for children. Created from common garden materials of earth and water that are moulded together by hand producing a seemingly magical alchemy. Making is slow, meditative, requiring patience. In the simplicity of dorodango we find a metaphor not of complexity, but for all of the richness of life, a memory of place, the connection of all things. Stardust (literally cosmic dust) that is small particles of matter floating through space that are believed to make up all matter in the known universe.