Graduation in graphical arts and
lithography in the School of Fine arts
1967
Professor of graphical arts at the School of Fine Arts
1970
Begins learning under the great master Tomiya Aida
1972
Foundation of the Atelier La Tene Tominaga
EXHIBITIONS
1989
Contemporary Japanese jewels. (Museum of Heineberg, Germany).
Tableware
art objects in several cities
of the United States and Canada.
Week of Japan in Marseilles.
1990
Week of Japan in Glasgow
1991
Week of Japan in Bordeaux
Artisan process
Metal
work (Casting)
The
artist practices a form of handicraft, which involves casting a single piece
of work and destroying the mold in the process.
First,
the artist carves a sculpture from beeswax and later the finished metal
casting will take the shape of the wax sculpture using what is called the
lost-wax burnout method. Since the original wax sculpture and the mold are
lost in the process, the finished piece is the only one of its kind, unlike
mass-production casting where the mold may be used repeatedly. After
casting, no additional carving is performed, but the artist must carefully
and meticulously hand-polish the metal casting to obtain a final work.
Lost-Wax
burnout
This process involves using a wax sculpture to make a mold to cast
metal then removing the wax from the mold by burning it off before pouring
in the metal.
A
sculpture in the shape of the intended final product is carved from wax. The wax
model is then placed in a flask and a mixture of fine sand and adhesive is
poured around the wax figure and left to harden.
Then the
flask, still containing the wax model encased in a sandstone-like mold, is
placed in a blazing furnace where the wax is vaporized and exits through a
tube-shaped spurge leading from the top of the mold down to the wax figure.
Once the wax is gone, molten metal is poured into the mold through the
spurge and takes the shape of the former wax figure.
Next, the mold itself is dissolved in water, leaving only the metal
casting and the flask to survive the process.
Gilded
Silver
The
silver work (950) is plated with 24-karat gold. A mixture of gold obtained after
3 months of dumping of small golden glitter in some mercury, is applied to the
surface of the object. The gold adheres to the surface after evaporation of the
mercury under the influence of the heat.
Stores and exhibitions
Stores:
Flower Room:Kotsukaikan 1, Yurakuchoekimae, Tokyo
Hanamuro:
Rose Road, Yaesu
Chikagai 2, Tokyo
Boutique
Roi-New Otani:Kioicho, Hotel New
Otani, 2º floor, Tokyo
Exhibitions:
Middle
of October in Gallery 2104 (Aoyama, Tokyo)
End of October in Art
Gallery (Kyoto)
Beginning
of February in KotsuKaikan (Yurakucho,
Tokyo)
School
Classes of
Fine
Arts, jewel design and gold and silver
handicraft.
Inquiries:
Tominaga School
Minami Magome 1-45-16, Ota-Ku, Tokyo 143-0025.
Japan
Tel 03-37715516 (10
AM-7 PM)
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articles. Do not hesitate to consult to us your ideas
and designs. All the articles exposed throughout this site can serve as a
sample for your own design. We invite you to examine the following
models
that are outstanding works.
