Yuka Izutsu

new work sneak peek

2010-07-26T18:56:00.000-07:00

Juuuust a sneak peek!

great photo will come soon!

my official website!

2010-06-06T18:54:00.000-07:00

hey guys

my official website is FINALLY up. yay! so happy.
www.yukaizutsu.com

I will keep this blog as well, i love writing my blog so much, please visit here everyday!

Today I was at the Santa Monica Auction and saw Ed Ruscha's prints, Warhol, Frank Stella, and Pettibon etc. sold. Of course I didn't bid, but fun to be just there.

私のオフィシャルウエブサイトアップしました！
www.yukaizutsu.comです。是非是非遊びにきてください。
このブログもこのまま更新し続けますので、是非毎日遊びにきてね。

今日は、サンタモニカオークションに行き、エド　ラシャ、ウォーホル、フランク　ステラ、ペティボンなどの作品が売れて行くのを見ました。

My Pink Coaster

2010-05-10T01:57:00.000-07:00

Hello! It has been a little too long, but I was traveling around and work everyday.

My website will be functioning in about a week, and I am happy to announce to change my blog style.
Since I started this blog half a year ago, I strictly limited the contents only my artwork. From now on, I will post ANYTHING, probably including not-related-to-art, and write both in English and Japanese.

Last month I was in Japan and met some people that are interested in my artwork and my selection of clothing and furniture. Since I have a little bit of experience as a buyer and a stylist, I would LOVE to show some of my collection.

ウエブサイトの完成が間近に迫ったため、たった今から、日本語でもこちらのブログを書いて行きたいと思います。こっちで見つけたヴィンテージ家具、洋服、私のコレクションも含めた個人的なブログになっちゃうかと思いますが、よろしくお願いします。
これからできるだけたくさん更新したいと思います。

ゆか

By the way, my pink coaster is officially in production and some stores will start selling. Please email me in you would be interested in it. It is exactly same material and process with my Pink Table, I wish I could show how it glows, but unfortunately the camera doesn't catch how beautifully it does!

ピンクの蛍光プラスティックで作ったコースター販売が決定しています。興味のある方、詳しいことが知りたい方是非メールくださいませ。

powder skull

2010-03-18T00:41:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted anything for so long, but here's my personal project "powder skull."

I am not a huge skull fan, but this time it gives me a new direction, as an counterbalance of my abstraction and design oriented pieces.

close up

The pencil drawing

2010-01-25T22:22:00.000-08:00

This is the pencil drawing that I did several months ago. The size is about 56" x 42". This is about anxiety. Though most of my pieces are pretty colorful and intense, this piece is done in B&W. One of my favorites, and it gives my art new direction( i feel.)

my pink table now on Moco Loco and Lost Et Minor

2010-01-18T18:45:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite piece (so far) is now featured on Moco Loco and Lost at E Minor.

Cheeeecccckk it out!

I am so happy now.

my compact digital camera

2009-12-23T00:43:00.000-08:00

recently (half a year ago) my boyfriend bought me a digital camera, so i carry it everyday and take pictures of found objects when i walk. I am not a photographer, but i like to get inspired doing different things. These photos tell me what i did, and how i felt. (it does a good job in a way cuz I always forget what i did today) Though it does nothing to do with my work, it's just fun to walk with this little fluorescent green camera, and i feel like i am kinda becoming back to a kid.

spiritual day

2009-12-12T16:33:00.000-08:00

Some people may know that I was having this weird bubble at school like my best friend, here's what i came up with. my work get so 3d lately, but this was challenging form to work with.

This bubble originally was 1/4 inch thickness sheet of acrylic, but now it is paper thin on top. it was about to explode! haha such a fun! size w 33 x d23 x h 20

PINK TABLE

2009-12-07T23:51:00.000-08:00

Here's my personal project, PINK TABLE. These are made out of fluorescent pink acrylic, so it glows. I drew and laser cut the wood grain, and assembled each pieces. So, this is a sculpture / furniture, and I wanted to make it like a piece of art. For me, it was a big transition, because I have never worked sculpture that actually looks like something, and I love the way I work on this so much. I want to keep working on this more, and I want to make some more series of it.

Godiva

2009-12-01T01:21:00.001-08:00

Here's the artist branding project for Godiva. I picked high end chocolate brand, and made a box with transparent acrylic and mirrored acrylic with organic lines. The small cubes are made out of films.

The chocolates are made out of sculpey and painted in like a chocolate color! so it looks yummy! The size is about 4"x4"x4".

photoo

2009-11-19T00:12:00.000-08:00

well my lovely school mate, Tyler, asked me to work with him for one of his artworks. he is amazing and his work is beautiful. check it out. http://www.thekandelstudio.com/

superficial and real

2009-11-15T00:17:00.000-08:00

It is about the superficial things, shallowness and the real nature and real things, based on my experience.

It is oil, enamel, mirror and fabric. 36x24 on wood

i think i want to still keep working on this piece.

my doodle book

2009-10-01T20:02:00.000-07:00

my project book for image and idea.

I lasercut the illustration boards and put them together. Today, I made a cover for it with collage from the word "fear" and "harmless."

sorry for the crappy photos.

i'm thinking about

2009-09-26T00:52:00.001-07:00

sometimes i have been thinking about something for a looooooong time, but i don't know what.

2009-09-24T10:59:00.000-07:00

i did some studies of watercolor.

three sisters

2009-09-24T10:57:00.000-07:00

last plant that i created

2009-08-21T18:18:00.000-07:00

apartment therapy

2009-07-24T17:08:00.000-07:00

Well I have been living in this place almost 2 years now, and I love this place, its perfect as a house and studio. It is really old house made like 1950, and it used to be stables. So, here horses used to live here.

Finally it is now on Apartment Therapy, in which they found our house on Flickr and asked us to take some interview about it.

First of all, I love what they do! They have introduced soooo many cute houses, dream furniture, just incredibly amazing! Here's the page that we are on.

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/house-tour-yoshihiros-bird-roost-bungalow-los-angeles-091027

Carol

2009-07-21T22:08:00.001-07:00

Drawing for illustration - in class work.

I love colors... more than rendering...

ha!

iPhone app!

2009-07-17T15:47:00.000-07:00

Two weeks ago I submitted some works for scholarship wall and have gotten many positive feedbacks(thanks!)

Kylan, Art Center grad student, contacted Deidre to ask me to help with his iPhone app. project. it was really nice opportunity to meet grad student who studies in different field, and he gave me so much inspiration.

Here is his website that explains his iPhone app, also my sketches too!

http://paperballoons.wordpress.com/

2009-07-12T12:27:00.000-07:00

random doodle from sketchbook (Baby portrait)

So I took drawing concept with Jason Holley two terms ago. Here's the final that I did. Title: Floating. I found the mattress between two apartments in silverlake. I don't know what it told me, but i felt like that space is stopping the time, frozen, floating in air.

6ftx4ft mixed media on paper.

military

2009-07-12T01:44:00.000-07:00

Sketching For Illustration with Bob Kato. Last semester, I took this class, which drove me craaaaazy!

but i like how much I improved in this class. Sometimes military type of class make me stronger.

my favorites

2009-07-11T09:17:00.000-07:00

I always like abstract artwork than figurative, and like installation artwork than oil painting, and like sculpture than wood panel painting, though I appreciate oil paintings so much. Today's color theory, we had to bring 3 things that I think are "beautiful", and I brought these stuff.

I am trying to find the way to combine these elements and my artwork.

The reason I like these installation and abstraction is I can feel more freedom than others.

my shoulder bag

2009-07-09T19:24:00.001-07:00

My shoulder bag from 4 years old. Paper sculpture with gouache painting. I will draw and make paper sculpture of me 4 years old, so it will match the bag and the figure.

experimenting

2009-07-09T10:01:00.000-07:00

Experiment is sometimes everything.

We went to union station to draw architecture ( we were supposed to draw "people", but you know, i suck at drawing people.), and played with xerox copy machine. i felt so FREE on this assignment, so i cut and paste, also photocopied my hands too, and made these.

Bronze

2009-07-08T13:18:00.000-07:00

This is the bronze and laminated wood sculpture that I did in material class with Catherine Maclean. We went to Andevan Bronzeworks in Glendale, and saw how bronze turns out. It was amazing! I wish I could have taken some pictures of those in process. I think I want to do more sculpture to combine drawing. This one is psychological landscape in concept.

Plants!

2009-07-08T13:16:00.001-07:00

Some more plant series!

Etching print

2009-07-08T00:12:00.000-07:00

Here's some color version of etching print. I love intaglio because of the way it comes out with numerous different values, delicate lines drawn with the needle. 12x18 on paper.

Hi!

2009-07-07T22:55:00.000-07:00

Hi! This is my first post! This is one of the series of "Plants I have never seen." It would be amazing if I could have them at home. I have been hoping to live with those weird plants, but am kind of realizing that wouldn't happen. So, I painted. 22x30, gouache on paper.