Individually, delicate teacups and bowls handmade out of paper are fragile vessels that can easily be crushed or dissolved; bound together, they are transformed into s+oryprobl=m :: alternate route, a beacon of encouragement to proceed, evolve and boldly persist over, around and through innumerable ostensible obstacles placed along the path.

s+oryprobl=m :: alternate route is the second of three different “s+oryprobl=m” art installations by C.K.Itamura presented in 2017. The first, s+oryprobl=m :: fragile vessels is on exhibit in the City Council Chambers at City Hall in Santa Rosa, California thru May 4, 2017. The third, s+oryprobl=m :: x = blue will be at the Loft Gallery at O’Hanlon Center for the Arts in Mill Valley, California from June 29 thru July 21, 2017.

C.K.Itamura is an autodidactic interdisciplinary artist, designer and producer. Her work blurs the lines between mediums as she combines printmaking, photography, book arts and mixed media, with social commentary and personal idealism, to create participatory work and conceptual installations. She is an artist member of The Center for the Book Arts, a director at San Francisco Center for the Book, and a board member for Healdsburg Center for the Arts.