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NEWS | Top artists and craftspeople collaborate to create works themed around bamboo. Gallery

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NEWS | Top artists and craftspeople collaborate to create works themed around bamboo. Gallery

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong>

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong> Team "Collaboration.2," led by fashion editor Tomoki Yusuke, created a screen depicting the beautiful curves of bamboo.

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong> Yusuke (right) aimed for "simply cool products" with teammates Isao Tone (TAKE Create Hagi) (left) and fashion designer Junichi Abe.

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong> Using the strong yet flexible bamboo from Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong>

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong> Team "Collaboration.1," led by art director Kashiwa Sato, created an object with messages drawn on thinly shaved bamboo.

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong> The work utilizes the delicate nature of bamboo, shaved to an extremely fine 0.5mm thickness.

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong> Sato (left) partnered with tea whisk craftsman Tango Tanimura (center) and design engineer Kinya Tagawa.

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong>

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong> Team "Collaboration.3," led by Tetsuya Kenmochi, president of Kyoto City University of Arts, created an assemble-able tea house evoking a bamboo grove.

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong> The aim was to recreate "Tai-an," Japan's oldest existing tea house, attributed to Sen no Rikyu.

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong> Kenmochi designed the tea house, reminiscent of a bamboo grove that gently envelops people, with bamboo artist Yuji Otsuka and Kyoto City University of Arts professors Haruo Yamanaka, Ryota Horiguchi, Akira Tsukada, and Kohei Oyama.

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong> Assembly by two people takes about 15 minutes, and disassembly about 10 minutes.

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong> Team "Collaboration.5," led by Hidetoshi Nakata, representative director of the "Take Action Foundation," created a chandelier that utilizes the beauty of bamboo for lighting.

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong> The members of "Collaboration.5" are Nakata (center), bamboo artist Hajime Nakatomi (left), and designer Yasumichi Morita.

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong> The overlapping layers of bamboo create beautiful light and shadow.

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong> "Collaboration.4" is a trio led by creative director Shigeki Hattori.

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong> Hattori (center) collaborated with bamboo craftsman Jin Morigami (left) and artist Kohei Nawa to conceive a work combining sculpture and bamboo craft.

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong> The sculptural part utilized a 3D modeling system with haptic devices, which is seeing significant development in fields like Hollywood filmmaking.

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong> The work carries the message: "Art protects craft, and craft protects art."

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong> Scene from the venue.

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong>

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong>

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong>

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong>

<strong>REVALUE NIPPN PROJECT CHARITY GALA 2013 with GUCCI</strong> Hidetoshi Nakata

NEWS | Top Artists and Craftsmen Collaborate on Bamboo-Themed Works: Gallery

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