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Tokyo American Club B1   FREDERICK HARRIS GALLERY.

I was going to solo exhibition hall daily for 3 weeks from this day!

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Ten-You
March 24–April 13

To express her vision that humans and their creations exist in harmony with nature, sho calligraphy artist Ten-You immersed herself in the works of masters of such traditional elements as shikkui (lime plaster), sunago (powdered silver), urushi (lacquer) and sensu (Japanese folding fans).

“In this exhibition, my works are the cross-pollination of ancient Chinese characters and of the industrial arts and crafts born in the unique climate of Japan,” says Ten-You, whose real name is Mariko Yamada. “In order to realize this idea, I wanted to collaborate with several traditional skillful craftsmen who are acquainted well with the local climate in Japan and [who] have inherited the Japanese tradition directly.”

Working with a sunago artisan, she used silver and gold powder to create a unique piece of art. “I wanted the characters to be emerging and ebbing in the flow on the black ink,” she says. “I could not produce these works without my encounter with the sunago craftsman.”

Last year, she applied the techniques gleaned from a skilled plasterer to produce an engaging work of stucco calligraphy—a first of its kind.

Ten-You apprenticed with leading kodai moji (ancient character) calligrapher Koho Kato, starting in 2000, and became an independent calligrapher in 2007. Since then, she has exhibited her work across the world and has held workshops for children in Tokyo and Paris.

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Tokyo American Club B1 Frederic Harris gallery.

http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/events/view/39289

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いよいよ来週３/２５(火)11：00から始まる、「天遊 X 日本の匠」展。

独立7周年のスタートにもあたるので、
新たな伝統工芸を取り込んだ作品にTRY。

漆芸家の3代目、室瀬智弥さんとの出会いが、
すべての始まりでした。
基本を教わるだけでなく、漆に対する漆芸家の心意気まで、
どんな時も丁寧に説明してくださって、
普通では知りえないことまで、学ばせていただきました。

しかし、試行錯誤は数か月つづき。。。
数々の失敗の連続が積み重なり。。。
予想のつかない変化をする漆に、驚かされ続けました。

そのおかげで、室瀬さんも面白がったり、驚いたりするような
どこにもない作品がうまれました！

顛末は、ぜひ会場で。

個展ナビ　http://koten-navi.com/node/39453

サポートしてくださったすべての方たちに、心から感謝します。

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