
Toyama City Institute of Glass Art
January 1st, 2009 | News
Toyama City Institute of Glass invited me to lecture this past December. It was really a case of visiting old friends as I’ve known many of the instructors there for over 15 years. TIG has long been a leader in glass education in Japan and have invited artists from around the world to lecture and demonstrate at their excellent facilities. The Head Instructor of TIG Ryoji Shibuya is also a practicing artist as is Senior Instructor Jin Hongo and Instructor Makiko Nakagami/Ivy. Visiting Instructors Lada Semecka from the Czech Republic is teaching casting and Robert Lewis from the USA has been teaching glassblowing at TIG. Other teaching assistant staff are Mami Tokizawa and Chicaco Ogawa. I will introduce Makiko Nakagami/Ivy’s and Mami Tokizawa’s works along with TIG Advanced Research Student Work and TIG 2008 Graduation Works first and add images of the other instructors soon.
Makiko Nakagami
Mami Tokizawa
Ai Umino
Kyoko Sano
Erika Asano
Marie Imai
Fumi Amano
Saki Nishio
Tae Kajita
Tamaki Yamamoto
TIG 2008 Graduation Work
Hiroyuki Kawaharabayashi
Itsuku Hosokawa
Kao Asada
Kazuya Yoshimura
Kei Yamaguchi
Keiko Yoshimura
Kouhei Kishimoto
Runa Kosogawa
Youhei Goto
Itaru Miyazaki
Haruka Ishizuka