Ryoko Tsukurimichi Core Glass Exhibition June 12, 2025 Thursday - June 28 Saturday

The encounter with art was a complete collection of world masterpieces that I found in the study of my father, who was an art teacher in junior high school.
The days when I open it every day instead of a picture book and enter that world.
Then art became my first best friend.
And now it has become a technique called core glass and has become my life’s partner.
There are many things I want to do, and if you challenge them, you will see the next challenge.
I feel that the accumulation of that time is my own, and it is my current work.
I made it in the hope that I could make something that touches someone’s heart and resonates with it.
I would appreciate it if you could take a look.

Tsukurimichi Ryoko

Tsukurimichi Ryoko
After graduating from the Secondary Art Department of the Kanazawa University Faculty of Education and the Toyama Institute of Glass Art, he worked as an instructor at the Toyama Citizen’s College Glass Art Course before establishing “Mahora Kobo” in 1997. Since then, he has held numerous solo and group exhibitions. Currently based in Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture.

Gallery NOW is pleased to present “Ryoko Tsukurimichi Core Glass Exhibition” from June 12 (Thu) to June 28 (Sat), 2025.
Mesopotamia in far-off antiquity
It was there that mankind first acquired the material “glass” and created small vessels.
Around the 16th century B.C., in the ancient Orient, centering on Mesopotamia, people formed glass by hand using sand and fire in a process similar to prayer. This earliest technique, called “core-formed glass,” was used for sacred vessels such as oil bottles and ornaments, and became a microcosm to receive people’s prayers and wishes.
With the advent of glass blowing around the 1st century B.C., mass production became possible, and the time-consuming and labor-intensive core-formed glass technique gradually disappeared.
She has revitalized this long-forgotten technique with a modern sensibility. Her works feature plant and animal motifs, ancient patterns from Africa, Egypt, and Rome, and a variety of designs from the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and ancient China via the Silk Road. Tsukurimichi has captured fragments of these cultures, and through the technique of core glass, she resonates with the sensibilities of the present day.
This exhibition features about 40 pieces of small lids and vessels. In addition, wall works using brass plates will also be introduced.
We hope you will enjoy the echoes created by the works that blend ancient techniques with a modern aesthetic.

Period: June 12 (Thursday) – June 28 (Saturday), 2025
Time: 10 o’clock – 17 o’clock
Holidays: Sundays and Mondays
Artist’s gallery day: 12 (Thursday) 28 (Saturday) <13:00 – 17:00> 13 (Friday) 14 (Saturday) 17 (Tuesday) 21 (Saturday)
Sponsored by: THE KITANIPPON SHIMBUN Co., LTD.