Clingy by Erika Sanada 2021 10” x 9” x 5” Ceramic, Cold Finish

We saw this work first on Artsy.net and loved it but knew that it would be risky to hang. We walked away thinking it would sell quickly. We continued to follow Erika Sanada on Instagram, and one day the work showed up in a feed. Casually we went to the Haven gallery website expecting that it had sold. It was still available but we had doubts. We reached out to the gallery to get pictures of the the back of it and find out how they hung it. They convinced me that I would be able to hang it easily, we had doubts and we did not listen to our instinct and bought it anyway.

We did the right thing except finding an alternative way to hang it so that we knew it was secure. We hung it the way the gallery directed, using the little guide sheet they made for us. It looked great hung up, but every time we looked at it just did not look secure enough. We would check on it but it felt secure. One morning we wake up to find the sculpture on the floor and the corner of my overprice glass credenza smashed. It ended up costing $1300 to repair the glass on the credenza and to get the sculpture fixed by Erika. We were very lucky! We will never forgive ourselves for risking our poor bunny's life. He hung out underneath the corner of the credenza right where the sculpture fell. Thankfully it did not hit him but it really could have. Lesson learned.. It is living in a box in storage now