In this hands-on workshop, you will learn to carve your very own personal seal using ancient techniques passed down through generations.
◉ Design Your Own Seal
◉ Carve Your Unique Seal into Stone
◉ Learn to Use Special Engraving Tools
This workshop is perfect for beginners and enthusiasts of Japanese arts, calligraphy, or crafts! No prior experience is necessary.
The class begins with designing your seal and finishes with the completion of your Tenkoku stamp, all within four hours. At the end of the workshop, you’ll take home your very own hand-carved seal!
Tools & Materials: All tools are provided at no extra charge. The material used for the Tenkoku stamp is stone, and engraving is done using a special cutter.
What to Bring: Nothing in particular. Just come empty-handed!
Clothing: Please avoid wearing clothes you don’t want to get dirty, as the ink used for Tenkoku (In-dei) is more difficult to remove than sumi ink.
Tenkoku seals are typically made using Kanji characters, but you can also use alphabetic, hiragana, or katakana characters. You may choose a Kanji character based on the sound of your name.
The seal usually represents a first name or a pseudonym (pen name), rather than a family name. A pseudonym is often given by a master to an apprentice, but you are also welcome to use a name of your own choosing.
Once you have signed up for the workshop, we will send you a questionnaire to complete before the class. This will help us understand which characters you wish to use, allowing us to better prepare for the workshop.
SUMI(India ink/ Chinese ink) painter / seal engraver
BOKUGA GROUP82
Born in Kodaira, Tokyo.
In her childhood she received calligraphy guidance from her mother who is a calligrapher and sumi-painter, and at the same time she met her mother’s teacher, Kisa Matsushita (head of the BOKUGA GROUP82).
After graduating from the Tokyo Metropolitan University with a major in German literature, she studied SUMI painting under Kisa Matsushita.
She also studied under Rosui Uchiyama(calligraphies) and Shusetsu Inaba(seal-engraving).
In addition to drawing works with the unique expression of SUMI, brush, and paper, cutting the new world of SUMI through attempts to use papers from around the world, not just painting on paper, and combining yarn and plant fibers.
In July 2018, a live paint collaboration “MAGADA” with SAX player Masayo Koketsu started.
The seal-engravings that aim to match their own paintings are called “GA-IN”, and she is good at edgy red-character(SHU-BUN) stamps.
Mamiko is offering Ink painting classes and seal-engraving classes.