Artistic Bathroom Sinks
16 June 2008
“A Touch of Class”
One of the most rewarding things to do with a bathroom, if you can arrange it, is to make of it a place of ultimate luxury and pampering. So, the question then becomes, how does one go about arranging something like that? What makes a bathroom luxurious is not so much the size, as the bathroom design itself. And if you’re one of those whose bathroom is so small that it barely has room for a shower/tub, toilet, and sink vanity, you’re probably wondering how in the heck you can ever hope to achieve something like that.
The solution to the problem, really, is to look at it with new eyes. And even if you are one of those who does not design, it is certainly possible to avail oneself of those who do. And by that, I do not necessarily mean hiring an expensive designer. Look about you; see what’s available. And that, in turn, is how I came across Julie Wawirka, who is an artist who works with sinks.
That sounds, at first, counterintuitive. How can an artist work with something as pedestrian as a bathroom sink? The answer, of course, is that in the hands of an artist, nothing is really pedestrian. I have a niece who is currently working towards a bachelor’s degree in the fine arts, and I keep telling her she ought to consider the commercial arts as well. Lots and lots of people can draw a still life with such realism that it almost looks like a photograph, so, despite the skills something like that requires, it is increasingly difficult to actually sell it and, more than that, sell it for enough to make a living at it. But many fine artists who have turned their talents to commercial arts, especially those items used in homes, have ended up making a rather nice living for themselves. And if you approach it correctly, even the very mundane can be a wonderful work of art.
Ms. Wawirka is very much a case in point. What most attracted me to her website was the ginkgo sink we’ve featured here, but Ms. Wawirka has a large line of items that she describes, and rightly so, as functional sculpture for the bath. In addition to a large line of bronze sinks, she also offers matching hardware, towel bars, and even sconces. So, it is now possible to not only obtain a sink that is, in fact, a work of art, but also matching accessories.
What can be more luxurious than a bathroom with coordinated, elegant fixtures? Not much, really, and that’s my point. It’s not the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
Joseph
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