Naomi Kashiwagi was born in 1982 in Halifax, UK. She is an award winning artist based in Manchester, showing work in the UK and internationally. She does her work on paper, installations, performances and even sound works that show her cultural heritage, which is the combination of both English and Japanese. She makes drawings using a range of media including diamonds, typewriters, gramophones, pianos, and even graphite and pen. She has won Art Council North West prize and Individual Artist Award. She also won Best of Manchester award in 2008. Within her art, she explored the potential of things beyond what they are known to be used for.
Piano Hammer Drawings
These drawings take the form of harsh smudges of black pigment on blank manuscript paper. She invents these drawings by placing carbon paper and manuscript paper between the piano hammers and piano strings so that when each key is played, the physical impact of the hammers on the paper produce visual and sonic resonances.
Origami Nabaztags
Nabaztags are Wi-Fi enabled electronic devices shaped like rabbits. Naomi has made origami versions of nabaztags and placed them around the city, each sitting on a card with her information on it. The nabaztags are also marked by Naomi’s red seal.
Waterlilly
These drawings are like origami waterlillies, Naomi portrays this idea by drawing on acetate paper with pen. The clear acetate is used to symbolize water and its transparency. The reflective quality of the acetate paper produces illusory projections of the drawing of waterlillies.
Naomi made these series of drawings using diamond and graphite on paper, which are both forms of carbon. The difference between the two is the diamond has a hard tip and makes short, straight, and harsh lines while the graphite softness makes more of a smoother, darker, and smudgier texture. The drawing is only revealed after it has been completed, much like an etching process.
Gramophonica involves gramophone glitching by playing records with electric tape on them in order to make unique sounds. The tape adds a layer that produces these odd sounds from the steel needle gliding over the strips of electrical tape. Gramophonica reveals that old sounds, or sounds from certain eras, can be converted to new sounds, or sounds of the present or future. During this, Naomi thrives on the accidental distortions, repetition, crackles, echos, etc.
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http://www.naomikashiwagi.co.uk/carbon-paper#/id/i5187162