About the Event
Gold and silver leaf applications are used as a background in many Japanese traditional paintings. However, Japanese modern and contemporary artists have been using gold and silver leaves as the main materials for their abstract paintings. Mami Takahashi will show how to apply a flat leaf onto a paper surface, as well as how to sprinkle gold leaf. Takahashi will also show the magic of silver leaf by the process of oxidation.
About the Speaker
Mami Takahashi is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist who works in the US. She received her MFA in Contemporary Studio Practice from Portland State University (Portland, OR), and earned a BFA in Japanese Painting from Joshibi University of Art and Design (Japan). She was a research scholar at the University of Oregon, focusing on the conceptual understanding of Japanese aesthetics. Takahashi is currently a visiting artist at the Japanese Arts Foundation. Her current exhibition “Kintsugi: Healing through Japanese Art” is presented at the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago through early March 2023. Her artwork also has been collected and exhibited internationally.
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