Ichikawa was born and raised in Tokyo Japan, and now lives in Seattle, Washington. She adopted a style known as "Pyrography" in which she burns images into paper using the residue melted glass. She guides the glass as it descends in a dance like fashion to create magnificently surrealistic forms. As a former glass blower, she discovered the technique by accident when a large glob of molten glass created an interesting burn mark in the concrete floor. After the Fukishima disaster, she co-founded Artists for Japan which raises money to support those hurt by the Great East Japan earthquake. Her art has transitioned from visual to social as she tackles social, political, and environmental issues, especially those associated with nuclear power.
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