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The wildLIFE Project
string, wood, ink, paint
each: 107" x 42" w x 25"d
2015
elephants, wildlife advocacy
polychromed wood, string
98" h x 43" w x 26" d
2016
The Bell Shrine
claro walnut, holly, ink, bronze
65" h x 14" w x 11" d
2015
Homage to a King
steel and wood
60" x 18" x 15"
2016
Homage to a King
steel and wood
60" x 18" x 15"
2016
Sudan
foam, plaster, burlap
100" x 50" x 48"
2018
Cenotaph
steel, wood, glass, video components
72" x 45" x 12"
2015
Cenotaph (detail)
steel, wood, glass, video
2015
Protect Pangolins!
letterpress
8.5" x 10"
2015
$30
From the collection of the International Wood Culture Society
rattan
96" x 48" x 36"
2018

The wildLIFE Project addresses the issues and problems of poaching and its impact on wildlife. Supported by the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft and by The Windgate Foundation, this exhibition traveled for 3 years.

Maruyama's passion for animals and particularly wildlife, emerges through this work as an advocacy project as thousands of wild animals are poached and trafficked monthly.