Fri, Sep 18
|Kintsugi Village Detroit
Discarded + Thread: An Act of Seeing Opening Reception
A Solo Exhibition by Elizabeth Salonen. Discarded plastic packaging is transformed into ceramic vessels, bas-relief sculptures and architectural tiles in Discarded Series. Thread Series invites stillness through hand-embroidered works on canvas.
Time & Location
Sep 18, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Kintsugi Village Detroit, 2020 14th St, Detroit, MI 48216, USA
About the event
Discarded transforms disposable plastic packaging into permanence. Cast in plaster and ceramic, the overlooked forms of everyday objects — blister packs, cookie sleeves, clamshells — become ceramic vessels, bas-relief sculptures, individual castings and architectural tiles. Disposable by design, rebirthed into art. Thread asks you to surrender to stillness. Created through slow, deliberate stitching, these hand-embroidered works on canvas are a meditative counterpoint to overstimulation. Together, the works are an invitation toward presence — in how we see, and in how we make.
Exhibition Open September 1 - 30, 10 am - 5 pm at Kintsugi Village
Opening Reception: September 18, 6–8 pm
On View: Sept 1–18 — by appointment Sept 19–30 — Mon–Fri, 10am–4pm, or by appointment.
Please email hello@kintsugivillage.org ahead of your visit — access is by appointment, and we want to make sure someone's available to let you in.