| schema:description 2 | "Makoto Ito (1940–), a graduate of the Japanese Painting Course at the Department of Painting of Tama Art University, gained experience as a glass craftsman at Kagami Crystal Company. He then installed a glass furnace in his own home and continued his creative activities while helping spread the Studio Glass Movement in Japan, including the establishment of the nation’s first glass course at a university. He has been active in developing new forms of expression by creating myriad works, including practical vessels such as flower vases and dishes, 3D works with beautiful forms, and 2D works using sheet glass. To create the work pictured here, Ito tried his hand at a pictorial expression using techniques such as etching and scraping sheet glass from the back surface....(more)" |
