近藤直美 PROFILE
2003年にとんぼ玉に出会ってから夢中で作り続けています。
私の作品のテーマは「可愛らしさと繊細さ」です。
色ガラスが透明ガラスを通して輝くのがとても好きです。
本来、硬い素材であるガラスを使い、
透明ガラスの中にやわらかな果実、摘んだらつぶれてしまいそうな蕾、
または花のはかない美しさを表現しています。
略歴
2003 制作開始
2004 平成着物図鑑に帯留で掲載
2006 キャッツポーにてグラスアクセサリー教室講師
2007 ビーズグランプリ2007ガラス玉部門佳作入選
2008 GTランプワークコンテスト1'st 金賞受賞
2008 GTランプワークコンテスト2nd 金賞受賞
2008 ビーズグランプリ2008ガラス玉部門佳作入選
2008 ジャパンランプワークソサエティ公募展入選
2009 とんぼ玉に遊ぶ2に作品掲載
2009 こんどうなおみガラス教室開講
2012 Glass Line Magazine Small but Beautiful 入選
全国各地にて展示会に参加
Naomi Kondo
Awards: The 1st GT Lamp Work Contest in 2008 / Gold Award
The 2nd GT Lamp Work Contest in 2009 / Gold Award
Beads Grand Prix 2008 / Fine Work in Glass Beads Div.
Glass Line Magazine Small but Beautiful
Also exhibited at other exhibitions throughout Japan
Concept
The concept of my work is “loveliness and delicacy”.
I like it best when the colored glass is sparkling through clear glass.
Then, I craft miniatures of fruit or motif of storybook,
wrap them with clear glass, and make them into glass beads.
As for material, I’ve come to use borosilicate glass after trying several
kinds of domestic and imported glasses. It can achieve
the coloring most suitable to my work while showing the colored glass inside the best.
I enjoy depicting the beauty of fragile fruits, buds, or flowers
with glass which is actually a hard material.
The theme of fruits and flowers is popular; however,
I create an exquisite piece of my own by incorporating techniques of precise work and delicate finish. Color shading and fine lines from the petals towards the hearts
as well as simple pattern are finished elaborately especially with extra care.