ツツミ エミコ賞

Emico Tsutsumi Prize

音符や音楽記号を版画のエレメントとする版画家。音楽セッションのように参加する事で響きあうワークショップのチカラに注目し、和紙・漆・版画・伝統文様等の素材や手法を取り入れている。版画作品を交換しながら広がる、ワークショップから始まった「封筒の家」プロジェクト（2016キッズデザイン賞）を東日本大震災以降発案・国内外で展開。日本の伝統模様「麻の葉」をテーマにしたワークショップや「金継ぎ」から発展した”場”作りもしている。作品を購入する事は同時代の作家とのセッションと感じている。

Emico Tsutsumi is a printmaker who incorporates musical notes and symbols as elements in her prints. With emphasis on workshops, like music sessions, that allow people to join in and resonate with each other, she uses materials and methods such as washi paper, lacquer, printing, and traditional patterns. Emico Tsutsumi held the “Envelope house” project (2016 Kids Design Award) within Japan and overseas after it was proposed following the Great East Japan Earthquake. The project began from a workshop that unfolds as participants trade their print works. She is also involved in place-making that develops from workshops centered on traditional hemp leaf patterns (Asanoha) and Kintsugi. Emico Tsutsumi feels that buying artworks is equal to joining a session with an artist of our era.