Over the last few years i have have been lucky enough to shoot some beautiful houses in the Niseko Hirafu area made by HOP and project managed by Taiga Seshu is the most recent project to be completed and is located in Hirafu’s middle village. Completed in Dec 2010 this custom built house was commissioned by a private owner and is a one of a kind. (click on the images to view them full size)
平成２１年から私はとても幸運なことに、ニセコヒラフエリアにて、高級というだけでなく上質な家造りを行う「HOP」(Housing Operation Architects) と 家造りのプロジェクトマネジメントを行う「TAIGA」が送り出す、素晴しい住宅の数々を撮影させていただいております。ヒラフペンション街の中腹に位置する「雪舟 Sesshu」 は直近のプロジェクトです。昨年１２月に完成したこちらの家は、快適空間を約束する世界に一つだけの家となっています。
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As a working combination Hop and Taiga were able to synthesize the owners request with stunning results. The first panorama here was taken during construction on the 12th of June 2010 and the second panorama was taken late March 2011 from almost the same position.
HOP と TAIGAによるタッグは、オーナーの想いやライフスタイルをしっかり捉え、満足いただけるものを提供していきます。最初のパノラマは建築中の昨年６月１２日、二つ目は今年３月末にほとんど同じ場所から撮影されたものです。
Interesting to see the transformation – take a good look at the ceiling.
I loved the wooden structure inside and out and the carpentry is spellbinding.
だんだんと形作られていくのを目にするのは興味深いものですー天井にご注目ください。内と外に張り巡らされた木目、ハイレベルの建築術に息をのみます。
Seshu is available for private rental and is managed by Holiday Niseko so please contact them if you are interested in renting Seshu next season.
雪舟 Sesshu は宿泊も可能です。興味のある方は、Holiday Niseko までご連絡ください。
HOP just produced their latest advertising magazine SEIZAN RYUGI which details several recent projects from around Japan including Seshu – nice to see the final product in print.
「青山流儀」と題されたHOP通信では、HOPが手がけた雪舟を含む全国の最新プロジェクトの詳細が掲載されています。手に取れる印刷物に載る完成品を目にできるのは 嬉しいことです。
Finally after lots of preparation Momiji gallery opened last weekend. The opening was a low key affair and we opened from 1 until 7:30 and people dropped in throughout the day.
The gallery is divided into 2 sections, one half has been set up by Australian artist Margo Bartley who is displaying her own water colours and etching’s.
Also included in Margo’s section are 7 Japanese artists exhibiting a wide range of styles from oil paintings to Nihonga to contemporary works using plastics.
In my section of the gallery I’m displaying a range of prints from large panoramic canvas prints stretched over handmade wooden frames to framed archival matte prints shot in and around Niseko Hirafu.
The gallery will be open daily from 1 pm until 5 daily until the village becomes busier later in the month and is located in the middle village between Captain Hitafu and Ezo Seafoods on Momiji street.
Thanks to everyone who came by to take a look and hope to see some new faces soon.
Yesterday with help from a couple friends I finished one big print project. A customer requested a large canvas print based on a pattern from an Ainu Kimono.
Getting the print data was a mission as I couldn’t get enough resolution from scanning an image and had to drive to Shiraoi to visit the Ainu museum called Porotokotan.
I shot the image in 3 sections and then combined them to create the one large image and then made a conversion into black and white. The print was made by a company in Tokyo on an acrylic canvas 900mm wide by 975mm high the ink was really thick – especially the blacks and was very fragile.
My friend and I made the frame which was slightly smaller than the image size and about 1.5 cm thick, we then stretched the print around the frame and stapled it to the back. The end result was pretty cool as the subject was a fabric and then printed on canvas gave it a very life like / 3D look. I found myself almost tricked by the image touching it and expecting a textured feel.
Yesterday with help from a couple friends I finished one big print project. A customer requested a large canvas print based on a pattern from an Ainu Kimono.