Shintaro

My reason that I choose these artworks is I wanted to try something new, like pottery. Ceramics requires a lot of different skills, and it took me a lot of time to learn them but after many hours of doing it, I could see myself growing, and I wanted audience to know that.

The other reason is that we want to create artworks that touch on Japanese culture and make people from different countries, namely international schools, aware of Japanese culture. Here, my various ceramic techniques were used, which differed from piece to piece, but included shaping with a carving knife, daring to make scratches on the opposite side and, in other cases, being aware of my own original ideas on how to apply colour to the work. The Japanese cultural artworks were carefully created with traditional Japanese origami in mind, and cultural artworks such as calligraphy were also created using special Japanese ink, brushes and paper.

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The way I displayed my artwork this time was in the middle of the hall so that the audience could enjoy it from different angles. Other decorations include cranes from the ceiling to give a more realistic feel. Other decorations were also devised, using origami to bring the Japanese artworks into the world. There is nothing wrong with displaying paintings on the wall. However, it is a waste to display ceramic artworks on the wall, as they can only be seen from one side. Ceramic art is made three-dimensionally, so to show the work 360°, this way of decorating raises the sense of immersion in the work to a new level. In order to make a firm distinction, a partition is created around the aluminium piece with aluminium papier-mâché to distinguish it from the rest of the work in the world. This has been done to raise the attractiveness of each individual work and make it look like a highly finished object.