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1. Traces of the Molten State

1 year ago

Audio "The Crossing" by Tobin Buttram
All right reserved 2008 Etsuko Ichikawa

This video is a part of my solo exhibit at Bellevue Arts Museum, and it will be up till May 3, 2009. Please visit my website etsukoichikawa.com or bellevuearts.org/exhibitions/upcoming/etsuko_ichikawa.htm for more information.

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Davidson Galleries 1 year ago

absolutely mesmerizing. great video, esuko!
Ian Lucero 9 months ago

That was an amazing video wow!!!!
Etsuko Ichikawa 9 months ago

Thanks Ian! I loved your Slug Princess piece too.
Dan Valentine 9 months ago

What is it being dropped onto, paper or something else?
Jarrod Spillers 9 months ago

rad
Twzt 9 months ago

Paper would die ( disintegrate ) at that temp.. I would think .. I am interested to know this as well :)

Artist's secret perhaps.
Twzt 9 months ago

I take it back.. perhaps it is paper? Coated or something..
Anyways I think it's fantastic. I like the end result almost more than the fire video. very flowing.. very organic ( to a new level ). Great marriage of art and element ( and the ability to harness both )
Etsuko Ichikawa 9 months ago

The glowing material is molten glass. I gather really hot glass onto pipe and make drawings on paper. Paper that I use is extremely thick, almost like a slice of plywood, so surprisingly it doesn't get burnt so easily. You can see artworks created by that process on my website - etsukoichikawa.com.

Thank you for asking Dan and Twzt!
Jörg Brönnimann 9 months ago

i allready visited your homepage and i like espacaly your big pictures. gratulation for your creativ work and the realisation for this video.
Jhaysonn Pathak 9 months ago

that is absolutely amazing. The world needs more creativity like yours. Very impressive
Grzegorz Pawlak 9 months ago

Beautiful. It's the first time i see a pictural work which process is as interesting as the final result. Sugoi !
Robert-Jon Eckhardt 9 months ago

Beautifull!!
Pawel B 9 months ago

wow
Jonah Lee Walker 9 months ago

Very, very cool!
Heather St. Clare 9 months ago

wow, this is amazing.
Bobby-Panic! 9 months ago

yo i live in bellevue and work near there ill peep out your peices. very unique I like
Marcello Fittipaldi 9 months ago

pretty good job! i was thinkin' about using this amazing technique to make titles in a movie... i love to use "real motion stuffs" to create new interesting way of "no-post-production" titles.. you know what i mean... anyway good work Etsuko...
Etsuko Ichikawa 9 months ago

that sounds interesting... i can draw texts for sure. i tend to like analogue instead of digital after affect too.
Johan Gray 9 months ago

Just beautiful!
Mark Ragunton 9 months ago

most of these are simply beautiful, but i would hate to imagine accidentally 'messing' up and managed to pour and spill some on your skin. comparing to what could be done to thick paper, it must be really bad on your skin, ha. awesome work here.
Etsuko Ichikawa 9 months ago

Hi Mark, I know it can be pretty dangerous... my working temperature of molten glass is over 1000F! I've got burnt by candles and camp fire but not by glass (well, so far).
Mark Ragunton 9 months ago

well let's just hope it doesn't, alright? it'd be a shame if you weren't able to create more of these beautiful pieces.
Tim Tucker 9 months ago

Louisville has two glass galleries so I recognized the medium right away. Sad for me, it took some mystery away. Still, even knowing it was a beautiful piece. Very very good. Thank you for putting it up here.
Remco van Egmond 9 months ago

Pure art!
Florent 9 months ago

Highly pleasant ! Charming…
Francesco Biondi 9 months ago

love your work
Oliver La Torre 9 months ago

Para mi es la primera vez q veo algo asi, creo q aprendi algo nuevo.
y me gustaria saber mas sobre ese tema

gracias.
Germain Jung 9 months ago

Wow, that's amazing. This video and your work are excellent, I love it.

I took the liberty to embed this video on my own website (outline-media.com) along with a short description of you and your work. I hope that's OK for you, just let me know if not..

Greetings from Luxembourg.
Etsuko Ichikawa 9 months ago

Thank you for letting me know! I've just visited your website and saw the posting. Could you add the credit line as well? - Audio "The Crossing" by Tobin Buttram
All right reserved 2008 Etsuko Ichikawa. Otherwise it looked great :)
Greetings from Seattle...
Germain Jung 9 months ago

Of course, no problem, I will add it today.
Michael Gallagher 9 months ago

awsome vid!!
Smith M. 9 months ago

Amazing Video , never thought about the possibility of making such a masterpiece out of Molten Glass.

Its like Twzt sayed : "Great marriage of art and element "

Greetings from Berlin.
Etsuko Ichikawa 4 months ago

That's a great line - "Great marriage of art and element " I might want to include it in my artist statement!
Marcelo Pessoa 9 months ago

incrivelmente novo!!!

arte!!!
art!!
ar!
a..........
Tocan 9 months ago

beautiful
Sabine Hartmann 7 months ago

I have never seen something like this before, Memories in time. I love it !! I would like to see this in Reality. You have found something New and for this all my best Wishes are with you.
Last Autum was here an Exhibition from a Chinese Artist working with Explosives. Also great but his Works has not have your Elegance.
Greetings from Beijing!
Etsuko Ichikawa 4 months ago

That must be Cai Guo-Qiang. His work is amazing. I had a chance to see his retrospective at Guggenhein in NY. So, I feel humbled with your compliment!
now what multiplex 4 months ago

beautiful
love how the movement becomes two-dimensional on the white plane
binjam 3 months ago

c'est très beau et vraiment hypnotique^^

(it's very nice and really hypnotic^^)
SamisRestless 1 month ago

Etsuko ! the song is not on iTunes, and i really want it, do you know where i could find it?
Etsuko Ichikawa 28 days ago

Thanks for asking! I got info from Tobin.

Not on iTunes, but the whole cd "The Plague of Crafty Guitarists" is available on Amazon amazon.com/Plague-Crafty-Guitarists-I/dp/B0006JM5F8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1255277329&sr=1-1

Hope this helps!

etsuko