A water spirit…
A healer, shared through stories of Shona mythology.
A lot like a mermaid, Njuzu shares magic & healing knowledge with those deemed fit.
Njuzu can often take on the form of a beautiful woman or simply a body of water. Midori, a Sydney based artist working with ceramics uses traditional techniques passed down by her family through spiritual practices, rituals & the traditions behind Zimbabwe & it’s history of ceramics, referencing building techniques seen in Great Zimbabwe through to ceramic practices dating back to the Iron Age.
Playful representations of how Midori sees herself combined with her connection to water as a whole. Njuzu through ceramic forms builds ideas on the curiosity most humans feel while exploring rock pools or worlds below.
Through tentacles playing on sea creatures, krakens, and colossal squids to the repetition of tiny ball clusters, a lot like the infinity of sand, all mixed in with sensory moments of Midori’s childhood. Colours subconsciously inspired by lollies, cartoons & her own mothers work as a deaf artist, using similar palettes forever imbedded in Midori’s mind. Midori uses this playful world to wind down from our shared pressures of the world around us & her responsibilities as a mother, floating in a meditative space of repetition, routine & consistency.
Bringing Rock-pools up & above, a 360 view of the strong, yet delicate intricacies in Midori’s work, resembling similarities to sea urchins & coral, encouraging movement causing the viewer to bend, squint or change perspective/eye level for a playful yet serious body of work.