Artwork journals with Japanese colored papers.

Artwork journals with Japanese colored papers.

Sunday, January 9, 2022

Planet 2201

 

Planet 2201

Torn Japanese colored paper and acrylic resin on 15 inch diameter circular plate.

I have been fascinated by the scenery of the microcosm that happens to appear on the cross section of minerals or the surface of Asian pottery for many years.
Since it wasn't quite enough to please me to appreciate precious stones, ceramic works, the surface of the lake where ice had melted and the decayed walls, I began to create such scenery by myself with Japanese paper and resin.
I'd like to create multi-layered texture which doesn't look artificial, but natural texture created by chance and passage of time.
Therefore, I came up with the technique of tearing and pasting Japanese paper so that no artificial brush strokes would remain.
Until the moment when the texture seems to be absolutely right, I keep stacking layers of Japanese paper.
The right moment is when the scenery makes me forget time and feel like to live in the microcosm.
On this piece, which imitates a fictional planet, while traveling to various points with your eyes, you can sit on a textured part like a cliff with a sharp edge, or get lost in thought at a place that looks like a waterside. There is a lot of fun here and there.
You can take a look deep into the layers, or run your eyes in parallel to think of a country somewhere far away.
The spatial axis of foreign countries or another planet intersects with the imaginary time axis of past history, sad memories, and the utmost happiness that someone (or some creature) will experience in the future. At this point, the moment feels like eternity.

直径40cmの円形プレートに和紙・アクリル樹脂

鉱物の断面や陶器の表面に偶然現れる小宇宙の景色に長年魅了されてきました。
貴石や陶芸作品、また自然界においては氷の溶けかかった湖面や朽ちた壁面などを鑑賞するのに飽き足らず、自らその景色を和紙と樹脂を重ねることで創出するようになりました。
人の手によらない偶然の産物であるかのような、時の経過さえ感じさせる重層的な質感を目指しています。
そこで人為的な筆致が残らないよう、和紙をちぎって貼り付ける技法へ行き着きました。
正しいと感じられる質感が立ち現れる瞬間まで、何層にも和紙を重ねては修正します。
私にとって正しいと感じられる仕上がりは、ずっと見つめたまま時を忘れてその小宇宙で暮らしたくなるような景色です。
架空の惑星を模したこの作品には、色々な地点へと目で旅しながら、エッジのきいた断崖の様な質感の箇所に腰掛けたり、水辺に見立てた箇所で物思いにふけったりする楽しみがあちこちにあります。
重層的なレイヤーの奥へ垂直に目を向けたり、あるいは水平に視線を走らせてどこか遠い国に想いを馳せます。遥か彼方の知らない国や別の惑星といった空間軸と、過去の歴史や悲しい思い出、どこかの誰かが(あるいは何かしらの生物が)未来に味わうこのうえない幸福、などという想像の時間軸が交差することで、一瞬が永遠のようにも感じられます。