What a very inspiring woman. I absolutely love her work. I never realized that even woodworking had such interesting stories behind them and that it is not an art where the artists try to do something new and different. Maruyama says that "place" determines the way that her work will go. She says that the physical and historical place has effected her work. Physical place being the places that she has visited. Historical place being her ethnic background and the histories of Japan and China. She also stated that her color palettes are influenced by where she has been. Maruyama is also influenced by other artists that she admires such as, Betye Saar, Alison Saar, Roger Shimomya, etc. Maruyama has also started a project with the I.D. tags of the Japanese/Americans from the camps. I am very intrigued by this work, since she has requisitioned help from various schools to help with the project. I think it is awesome that she wants the younger generations to be involved in the history of her project. This is also another artist who has merged other medias with her own. Maruyama has used photography and video in conjunction with her woodworking. Will there come a time when there is no differentiation between the medias?
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