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1. Traces of the Molten State

3 years 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 3 years ago

absolutely mesmerizing. great video, esuko!
Ian Lucero 3 years ago

That was an amazing video wow!!!!
Etsuko Ichikawa 3 years ago

Thanks Ian! I loved your Slug Princess piece too.
Dan Valentine 3 years ago

What is it being dropped onto, paper or something else?
Jarrod Spillers 3 years ago

rad
CreativeDirector.me 3 years ago

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

Artist's secret perhaps.
CreativeDirector.me 3 years 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 3 years 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!
Brönnimann 3 years 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 3 years ago

that is absolutely amazing. The world needs more creativity like yours. Very impressive
Grzegorz Pawlak 3 years 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 3 years ago

Beautifull!!
Pawel B 3 years ago

wow
Jonah Lee Walker 3 years ago

Very, very cool!
Heather St. Clare 3 years ago

wow, this is amazing.
Bobby-Panic! 3 years ago

yo i live in bellevue and work near there ill peep out your peices. very unique I like
Marcello Fittipaldi 3 years 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 3 years ago

that sounds interesting... i can draw texts for sure. i tend to like analogue instead of digital after affect too.
Johan Gray 3 years ago

Just beautiful!
Tim Tucker 3 years 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 3 years ago

Pure art!
Florent 3 years ago

Highly pleasant ! Charming…
Francesco Biondi 3 years ago

love your work
Oliver La Torre 3 years 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 3 years 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 3 years 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 3 years ago

Of course, no problem, I will add it today.
Michael Gallagher 3 years ago

awsome vid!!
Smith M. 3 years 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 2 years ago

That's a great line - "Great marriage of art and element " I might want to include it in my artist statement!
Marcelo Pessoa 3 years ago

incrivelmente novo!!!

arte!!!
art!!
ar!
a..........
Sabine Hartmann 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

beautiful
love how the movement becomes two-dimensional on the white plane
Sam Bailey 2 years ago

Etsuko ! the song is not on iTunes, and i really want it, do you know where i could find it?
Etsuko Ichikawa 2 years 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
Ludo Rami 1 year ago

beautiful!
Etsuko Ichikawa 1 year ago

Thank you Ludo!
Etsuko Ichikawa 1 year ago

Ludo, I just visited your page and loved your 2010 greeting with Aurora. Where did you film it? It's amazing.
Ludo Rami 1 year ago

thanks :)
the background was filmed in the suburbs of Paris ^^
and aurora and the stars are CGI.
brancolina 1 year ago

beautiful!
I featured it on my blog
Etsuko Ichikawa 1 year ago

thank you! Your blog has a lot of interesting images and videos. I enjoyed it and am glad to be a part of it!