Title: Sigma Series #2: Ars longa, vita brevis / Dimensions: 5 cm x 45 cm x 55 cm

Objects mounted on a backing board in a deep frame under glass. Objects include(clockwise, from bottom left): a ceramic salt-shaker in the shape of a vulture, a digital photo-miniature of a original etching, a wooden letter, W, mounted on its side to look like the Greek letter SIGMA, a glass Eye of God mounted under fragment of a ceramic bowl, a miniature violin, a broken coffee-cup spilling coffee (coffee is made from dried screen-printing ink), a piece of ceramic roof tile from the house of the artist, digital photos of a Noh Mask (Zo-onna) carved by Dr. Ito. Inner walls of frame are covered with strips of shellaced cloth with writings from the Rosetta Stone. All objects are mounted on a hand-dyed paper background.