 Pasadena Art Center School of DesignRooftop Succulent garden planter S Raymond Avenue Pasadena |  Pasadena Art Center School of DesignRooftop Succulent garden planter S Raymond Avenue Pasadena |  Pasadena Art Center School of DesignRooftop Succulent garden planter S Raymond Avenue Pasadena |
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 5thFloor Gallery |  5thFloor GalleryChina Town LA Native grasses in re-purposed light fixture on car cylinder stand |  5thFloor GalleryChina Town LA Native grasses in re-purposed light fixture on car cylinder stand |
 5thFloor GalleryChina Town LA |  5thFloor GalleryChina Town LA |  5thFloor Gallery5thFloor Gallery Cactus and succulent care instructions |
 5thFloor GalleryChina Town LA |  5thFloor GalleryChina Town LA |  5thFloor GalleryChina Town LA |
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 West Hollywood CA |  West Hollywood CA |  West Hollywood CA |
 Chung King Road China Town L.A.Street planters featured on Renovation Nation TV show |  Chung King Road China Town L.A.Street planters featured on Renovation Nation TV show |
The use of intentionally corroded metal in various states of tarnish and rust, mismatched plant groupings, mixed with cast away industrial waste, are an understated call to observe the pieces up close and behold the unassuming yet quiet authority of seemingly ugly objects that speak to all that exists, including the thoughts and creations of a human mind expressed in poetic variability and irregularity. Presenting an illusion of permanence, yet wearing down to eventually fade into non existence makes for slowing down, being patient, and looking more closely, to appreciate whatever is encountered in the continually changing container garden.