Beauty Without is Star Khechara's art website inspired by the Zen Buddhist philosophy of Wabi-Sabi, which holds that beauty is in the humble, modest and naturally decayed.

The things that Star makes are created by hand from the cultural detritus strewn in the urban environment, she gathers the cast-away items to transform them into trinkets of an uncommon beauty.

Using the Wabi-Sabi tenet of 'finding beauty in the ordinary; the mundane' Star sees the wonder in a rusting bottle cap or a frayed fabric or an old brass cog.

Please enjoy browsing the galleries full of gorgeous imagery and photographs of organic decay in action.

Star is available to contact for commissions, workshops, web & graphic design and as a freelance journalist & copy writer.