… at New York’s Microscope Gallery, the series TRANSMUTATION (2021), features 11 freestanding and tabletop sculptures […] The presentation highlights the artist’s ongoing interests in animism, the Mono-ha movement’s direct use of “things,” and the Baroque, while spotlighting her skills in welding, sanding, and degrading materials to create dynamic pieces […] Abstractly referencing architectural structures, mountainous landscapes, and figures in motion, Maetake poetically combines animal bones (cow, pig, and camel—depending on the shape needed), seashells, rocks, resin, and metals in her handcrafted analog assemblages…
— Paul Laster, ArtAsiaPacific
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Lineal Fetishism IV
2020
H18 x 16 x 9 inch
assorted animal bones & seashells, copper, casted brass, brass, silver/tin alloy, quartz, polyester resin, synthetic clay
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Symbolic Atmosphere VI
2021
H40 x 31 x 28 in.
brass, steel, silver alloy, camel bone, assorted animal bone, fossil, seashell, coral, assorted quartz, soapstone, and epoxy resin
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Symbolic Atmosphere I
2019
H20 x 21 x 15 inches
assorted animal bones, steel, epoxy clay, wood
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Symbolic Atmosphere V
2019
H28 1/2 x x inches
granite stone, assorted animal bones, steel, epoxy clay, wood
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Lineal Fetishism I
Lineal Fetishism I
2021
H30 x 44 x 24 inch.
Brass, copper, silver alloy, steel, bones, fossil, seashells, coral, cotton pulp, epoxy
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Symbolic Atmosphere II
2019
H23 x 13 x 13 1/2 in.
assorted animal bones, steel, found cased steel, epoxy clay, polyester resin, wood
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Symbolic Atmosphere IV
2020
H23 x 13 x 13 1/2 in.
granite stone, assorted animal bones, steel, epoxy clay, wood
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Lineal Fetishism III
2020
H18 x 35 x 16 in.
camel bone, brass, silver/tin alloy, gold leaf on epoxy resin
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Symbolic Atmosphere III
2019
H 9 1/2 x 10 x 9 in.
assorted animal bones, steel, epoxy clay, woodDescription goes here
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Lineal Fetishism II
2021
H22 x 29 x 14 in.
bronze, brass, steel, assorted animal bone, seashell, coral, fossil, assorted quartz, granite stone, polyester resin, and epoxy resin