This place was the staff room of Osashima Elementary School. Bikky, who moved to Osashima from Sapporo on Nov.23, 1978, made this elementary school his home and workshop. He named it Atelier 3 More after talking with the people who supported his creative activities in Osashima. The name of the first workshop he set up ー in Miyanomori, Sapporo, in 1968 ー was More. He then set up his second workshop, called More More, in Shiroishi, Sapporo. For this reason and because he wanted to immerse himself in his creative life in a new place, he chose the name Atelier 3 More. He added the 3 to the name of his third workshop with the meaning “I’m going to try even harder than before!” In 1980, he erected a 15-meter totem pole called Otoineppu Tower in front of Otoineppu Station. Otoineppu Tower was carried using human strength from Osashima to the flont of Otoineppu Station. This major village event made big waves within Hokkaido and throughout Japan.

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Otoineppu Tower is the culmination of the public art Bikky practiced. But a strong wind collapsed the upper part of the totem pole on April 8, 1990, the year after Bikky died, and unfortunately it was removed for preservation. Because of the many years of wind and snow, it was intensely corroded and in no condition to be exhibited. So, when the museum Bikky Atelier 3 More was built, we remembered the words of Bikky and embodied them with this exhibit: “The raw materials are trees untouched by human hands. In other words, they are in their natural state. So, they are living things. It is only natural for living things to decay and collapse. They go on to be reconstituted. Nature uses the chisels called wind and snow on the work standing here. “(A section of a poem read during the erection of the outdoor exhibit “Four Winds” at Sapporo Art Museum, Sapporo Art Park)