Salma Wahbi

WS stands for Wabi Sabi, this inspiring ancient Japanese concept centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. Beauty is appreciated as imperfect, impermanent and incomplete.

WS is also me - Salma W. - in love with authenticity, simplicity, nature, solitude, melancholy ('wabi') and inspired by aging things and the serenity that their impermanence and flaws can bring ('sabi').

Working on kintsugi and herbarium art is my way to express how the combination of human effort and natural processes can result in beautiful things.
It's also a lesson for me to learn how to let go. Accept things the way they are and enjoy.