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Stained Glass Artist SCHAFFRATH Ludwig SCHAFFRATH Ludwig |
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1982
H4.4m × W12.5m
Front of west entrance on second floor free passage, JR East Omiya station
Left half of the Artwork
Right half of the Artwork
Planning ： Japan Traffic Culture Association, (Cooperation : Omiya Station Building)
Sponsorship ： Saisan, Saisan Group
Artist Profile
SCHAFFRATH Ludwig
SCHAFFRATH Ludwig
Stained Glass Artist
Born in 1924. A figurative artist in Germany. A contemporary stained glass artist internationally known for his name because of his sharpened sense and belief in his own art. He has produced many works all over the world. Passed away in 2011.Location ： Front of west entrance on second floor free passage, JR East Omiya station
Artist's Comments
As a starting point for the stained glass at Omiya station, two themes were set from what I read and heard before, and then saw and experienced later.
They are light and water. Japan is surrounded by the sea and has hot springs from the ground. The country name also means the source of light (the sun). Stained glass technique is ideal for realizing these two themes in one image. Bright or slightly shining glass is transparent and changes by season or by day. The flowing composition represents the rain falling from clouds and the spring flowing up from underground. The water forms a large shape in this composition, and it will be a symbolic presence like a focus in a long concourse with 150 meters length.
The center part of this stained glass was freely interpreted from the topography around Omiya. A bunch of geometric lines partially painted from outside to inside, from inside to outside, are symbolized.
That is because Omiya will be a rush of technology by the Shinkansen, and development of the national land will go through the land like veins in human body.
I hope this stained glass will be recognized by all people, with harmonious unity of nature and technology. (June, 1982 in Tokyo)