[NUNAGAWA Campus] Ayako Fudamoto Workshop: "Let's Make Realistic Salmon Skin Out of Clay (Includes Takuan Pickles)"

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[NUNAGAWA Campus] Ayako Fudamoto Workshop: "Let's Make Realistic Salmon Skin Out of Clay (Includes Takuan Pickles)"

Summary

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Let's Make It with Clay! Realistic Salmon Skin (with Takuan) ~ Let's Try to Capture the Texture Using Everyday Tools ~

We are hosting a workshop led by Ayako Fudamoto, the artist behind the Special Exhibition “Sponge to Salmon (Nunagawa)” currently on view at the NUNAGAWA Campus. The “salmon skin” featured in this exhibition is actually created by using the mesh patterns of everyday household items to represent “scales.”In this workshop, you’ll discover the secrets behind this creative process as you use clay to make lifelike salmon scales! You’ll also get to make a bonus “takuan” pickle right there to take home.

[Date and Time] Saturday, August 1, 2026, 1:00 PM– (approx. 2 hours)
[Venue] NUNAGAWA Campus (567 Murono, Tokamachi city, Niigata Prefecture)
[Fee] 800 yen (Please pay in cash on-site on the day of the event)
[Capacity] Up to 15 people (Reservation required)
[Reservations] Please make your reservation via Peatix
[What You’ll Make] 1 piece each of salmon skin and takuan pickles
*Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty.

Click here to make a reservation

On the same day as the workshop, we’ll also be holding a pop-up workshop exclusively for carving takuan pickles during the NUNAGAWA Campus’s opening hours.

Just like the real thing! Takuan

[Date & Time] Saturday, August 1, 2026: Pop-up event during opening hours (Duration: 30 minutes) *Specific times will be announced on the day of the event

*If you’d like to participate, please let the staff on-site know on the day of the event.

[Fee] 600 yen
[Capacity] No limit (no Reservation required)

[What You Can Make] 2 takuan pieces
*Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty.

Special Exhibition: "Sponge to Salmon (Nunagawa)"

Photo by Nakamura Osamu

Click here for details on the Special Exhibition

Artist Profile

Ayako Fudamoto

Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture, currently based in Kyoto Prefecture. She creates three-dimensional artworks that meticulously mimic ingredients and food items. The forms she produces through her unique process go beyond mere reproduction, challenging viewers’ perceptions and memories of food.
Recent major exhibitions include “Artist in Museum AiM Vol. 16: Ayako Fudamoto” (Gifu Prefectural Museum of Art) and the international art festival “Aichi 2025” (Aichi Arts Center).

Facility Information

NUNAGAWA Campus

Nunagawa Elementary School, which closed in March 2014, has been reborn as a school where students can learn about the value of their local community through hands-on experiences.With agriculture as its foundation, the center provides a space to help each individual discover their unique strengths through food, daily life, play, and dance. It also serves as the “Children’s Five Senses Art Museum,” offering art experiences that engage the whole body—beyond just “seeing”—and is the home ground of “FC Echigo-Tsumari,” an agricultural professional soccer team where female players from the city have relocated to become stewards of the Rice Fields and continue playing soccer.

[Hours] 10:00 AM–5:00 PM (until 4:00 PM in October and November)
[Dates] April 25–November 8, 2026 (Closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, except national holidays)
[Admission] Adults: 800 yen; Elementary and junior high school students: 400 yen, or Common Ticket

Booking On-line

Summary

Date and time	Saturday, August 1, 2026, 1:00 PM– (approx. 2 hours)
Venue	NUNAGAWA Campus (576 Murono, Tokamachi city, Niigata Prefecture 942-1353)
Admission	800 yen + NUNAGAWA Campus admission fee (800 yen for Adults, 400 yen for elementary and junior high school students) or a Common Ticket

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