Friday, December 14, 2012

Notojima Glass Art Museum 09

A few nice glass art images I found:


Notojima Glass Art Museum 09
glass art
Image by scarletgreen
Notojima Glass Art Museum, Ishikawa, Japan
能登島ガラス美術館
www.city.nanao.ishikawa.jp/glass/
Design: Kikho Mozuna 1999
毛綱毅曠


Notojima Glass Art Museum 08
glass art
Image by scarletgreen
Notojima Glass Art Museum, Ishikawa, Japan
能登島ガラス美術館
www.city.nanao.ishikawa.jp/glass/
Design: Kikho Mozuna 1999
毛綱毅曠


SEIKO セイコー Clock 時計 above the Glass-art Curtains of the JR Otaru Station in Otaru Hokkaido Japan
glass art
Image by Arjan Richter
Built in 1934, the current JR Otaru Station is decorated with lamps, which are hung from pillars along the platform, casting a soft, brilliant light. Near the ticket gate, the lamps are hung like curtains in front of the windows.

"The lamps create a nostalgic atmosphere of the Taisho era (1912-1926)--but most of them were installed as recently as in the 1998 renovation," said Hirofumi Saito, the stationmaster at that time.

"Otaru is the city of glass art, and I reckoned the lamps should be the station's trademark," he continued. "So I asked Kitaichi Glass Co. to install their lanterns in the station." Kitaichi Glass, an Otaru-based glass firm, is nationally renowned for its glasswork. (Source: Daily Yomiuri Online by Kazuhiro Katayama).

Public Clock Photography by Arjan Richter

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