Artist Story
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metal
Kasumi Hamaguchi
I make "minamo" by using the metal casting technique. The process consists of pattern, molding, casting, and finishing touches / coloring. Minamo's wave and ripple patterns are made by blow…
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pottery
Fumi Sato
I mainly make sculptures by dyeing ceramics. I first encountered with ceramics in my first year of college. In the class of firing tin ware, I saw the plates crack, the colors changing along…
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metal
Kumi Yabuuchi
There are less than 120 molecules that make up this world, most of them being metal. Metals that I always handle, such as copper, silver and aluminum, exist as independent elements configuri…
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metal
Maiko Wada
I mainly make small art objects of bugs etc., using metal. The theme when producing my artworks is "collection (蒐集)." It is similar to the feeling of excitement when bringing home small r…
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pottery
Tomonari Hashimoto
I mainly make sculptural art works out of ceramics. Most of my works are very big, and some are over two meters high. I use a method piling up strings of clay called hand-forming. Also, I im…
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glass
Kozue Tsukahara
I use a method called Glass Cloisonne ("Glass-tai-shippo") and make jewelries, caskets, wall decorations, decorative pallettes, plates, etc. My encounter with craft was at Junior College …