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Release Clear #3

Release Clear #3

Year: 2025

Material: Glass, Brass

Size: 38 x 57 x 38 cm / 15.0 x 22.4 x 15.0 inch

Weight: 9.4 kg

Prize: LOEWE CRAFT PRIZE 2025 Finalist

Traces of Wind

Traces of Wind

Year: 2023

Material: Glass, Copper powder

Size: 40 x 25 x 4 cm / 15.7 x 9.8 x 1.6 inch

Technique: Kiln-forming

Concept: Capturing the invisible form of wind.

Uplight

Uplight

Year: 2025

Material: Glass, Brass

Size: 31 x 42 x 31 cm / 12.2 x 16.5 x 12.2 inch

Weight: 3.1 kg

Release Black

Release Black

Year: 2025

Material: Glass, Brass

Size: 26 x 17 x 17 cm / 10.2 x 6.7 x 6.7 inch

Weight: 0.7 kg

Loophole #2 Loophole #2

Loophole #2

Year: 2025

Material: Glass, Brass

Size: 38 x 38 x 33 cm / 15.0 x 15.0 x 13.0 inch

Weight: 2.4 kg

Hollow Sky

Hollow Sky

Year: 2025

Material: Glass, Brass

Size: 47 x 47 x 18 cm / 18.5 x 18.5 x 7.1 inch

Weight: 3.1 kg

Release Yellow Orange

Release Yellow Orange

Year: 2025

Material: Glass, Brass

Size: 25 x 25 x 48 cm / 9.8 x 9.8 x 18.9 inch

Weight: 4.1 kg

Work Title

Work Title

Year: 2017

Material: Glass

Size: 00×00×0cm

Technique: Technique

Concept: Concept description

Work Title Work Title Work Title

Work Title

Year: 2016

Material: Glass

Size: 00×00×0cm

Technique: Technique

Concept: Concept description

To eat the Light To eat the Light

To eat the Light

Year: 2010

Material: Glass

Size: 5 x 10 x 5 cm / 2.0 x 3.9 x 2.0 inch (top), 10 x 7 x 10 cm / 3.9 x 2.8 x 3.9 inch (left), 8 x 10 x 8 cm / 3.1 x 3.9 x 3.1 inch (right)

Technique: Fusing, Cold work

Concept: When we arrive at a beautiful world where we can "eat light," what will be on the table?

Prize: Glass Craft Triennale 2010 Selected

Scirocco2 Scirocco2

Scirocco2

Year: 2011

Material: Glass

Size: 50 x 6 x 17 cm / 19.7 x 2.4 x 6.7 inch

Technique: Fusing, Slumping, Cold work

Concept: Created with the image of a parched cityscape and the hot wind blowing through it.

Prize: International Glass Exhibition Kanazawa 2010 Selected

Mirage Mirage

Mirage

Year: 2011

Material: Glass

Size: 70 x 16 x 10 cm / 27.6 x 6.3 x 3.9 inch

Technique: Fusing, Sagging, Cold work

Concept: Inspired by the fleeting beauty and vitality felt from the mirage seen in my hometown sea.

Prize: 4th Contemporary Glass Art Grand Prize Toyama 2011 Selected

Propeller

Propeller

Year: 2012

Material: Glass, Iron

Size: 34 x 150 x 32 cm / 13.4 x 59.1 x 12.6 inch

Technique: Hot work, Powder mold casting

Concept: Created a propeller in glass as a visible form of movement by the power of wind.

Ring (Kan)

Ring (Kan)

Year: 2011

Material: Glass

Size: 15 x 15 x 15 cm / 5.9 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch (Blue), 10 x 17 x 10 cm / 3.9 x 6.7 x 3.9 inch (Red)

Technique: Hot work, Cold work

Concept: The afterimage of wings flapping captured in glass.

Noah

Noah

Year: 2010

Material: Glass

Size: 135 x 35 x 110 cm / 53.1 x 13.8 x 43.3 inch

Technique: Fusing, Sagging, Bonding

Concept: Created from the worldview of Noah's Ark, expressing the fragility of life, its transience, and the intensity of trials.

Memories

Memories

Year: 2009

Material: Glass

Size: 40 x 4 x 10 cm / 15.7 x 1.6 x 3.9 inch

Technique: Casting, Cold work

Concept: Sensing beauty and emotional movement in the natural labyrinth created by corridors and paths, imagining memories stored there like circuits.

Prize: Koganezaki Glass Museum Collection

Labyrinth in Morocco

Labyrinth in Morocco

Year: 2009

Material: Glass

Size: 32 x 4 x 32 cm / 12.6 x 1.6 x 12.6 inch

Technique: Casting, Cold work

Concept: Created seeking the sensation of immersion in a complex world through the eye movement from entrance to exit in a labyrinth.

Prize: E-merge 2010 (USA) Finalist

Link

Link

Year: 2012

Material: Glass

Size: 25 x 60 x 60 cm / 9.8 x 23.6 x 23.6 inch

Technique: Casting, Cold work

Concept: Created an eternally connected labyrinth in a form where the labyrinth itself moves.

Prize: Created during Tokyo University of the Arts Master's Program

Loophole

Loophole

Year: 2013

Material: Glass, Iron

Size: 28 x 23 x 28 cm / 11.0 x 9.1 x 11.0 inch

Technique: Fusing (Original technique)

Concept: Created by winding thin, long glass membrane to express the fragile hope and tension felt in one's own world.

Prize: International Glass Exhibition Kanazawa 2013 Jury Special Award

Loophole

Loophole

Year: 2014

Material: Glass, Brass

Size: 38 x 38 x 140 cm / 15.0 x 15.0 x 55.1 inch

Technique: Fusing (Original technique)

Concept: Created by winding thin, long glass membrane expressing fragile hope and tension. The loop-shaped form draws the gaze inward, creating emotional fluctuation.

Prize: Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School Graduation Work / Stanislav Libensky Award (Czech) Finalist

Release

Release

Year: 2014

Material: Glass, Brass

Size: 30 x 20 x 20 cm / 11.8 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch

Technique: Fusing (Original technique)

Concept: Expressed the intense force and tension of the moment when something compressed bursts open, along with the fragility and transience felt there.

Prize: E-merge 2014 Kiln Caster Award, Bullseye Glass Co.Ltd (USA)

Teleport

Teleport

Year: 2015

Material: Glass, Brass

Size: 43 x 18 x 18 cm / 16.9 x 7.1 x 7.1 inch

Technique: Fusing (Original technique)

Concept: Created with sky-blue colors stretching and deforming to express the movement of time and space.

Prize: Japan Glass Art Association - Japan Glass Exhibition '15 Grand Prize

Hollow sky

Hollow sky

Year: 2019

Material: Glass, Brass

Size: 60 x 60 x 28 cm / 23.6 x 23.6 x 11.0 inch

Technique: Fusing (Original technique)

Concept: Through the balance of size and form that emphasizes fragility, expressing the sensation of looking up at the sky and the awe of endless vastness.

Prize: Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School Doctoral Program Graduation Work

Release clear #3

Release clear #3

Year: 2023

Material: Glass, Brass

Size: 50 x 6 x 17 cm / 19.7 x 2.4 x 6.7 inch

Technique: Fusing (Original technique)

Concept: Expressed tension and strength in a bright, transient scene like melting snow, where traces of melted transparent glass beads gather light. The metal pins suggest movement while providing structure.

Prize: Japan Glass Art Society Research Presentation Work

Dawn & Dusk

Dawn & Dusk

Year: 2008

Material: Glass

Size: 40 x 40 x 8 cm / 15.7 x 15.7 x 3.1 inch

Technique: Fusing, Bonding

Concept: Created imagining the light and colors of dawn and dusk entering the city, encountered one day.

Shin

Shin

Year: 2021

Material: Glass

Size: 40 x 40 x 3 cm / 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

Technique: Fusing

Concept: Expressed the momentary tension and stillness of solar and lunar eclipses with thin circles.

Jaku (Tranquility)

Jaku (Tranquility)

Year: 2021

Material: Glass, Silver leaf

Size: 40 x 40 x 3 cm / 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

Technique: Fusing

Concept: Imagined a quiet, soundless world, just a brief moment.

future or past

future or past

Year: 2019

Material: Glass

Size: 700 x 200 x 18 cm / 275.6 x 78.7 x 7.1 inch

Technique: Fusing

Concept: Created a 7-meter wide wall surface to express a changing world through large eye movements.

Prize: Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School Doctoral Program Graduation Work

Ghost leg

Ghost leg

Year: 2019

Material: Glass

Size: 22 x 70 x 22 cm / 8.7 x 27.6 x 8.7 inch

Technique: Original technique

Concept: Shaped like a tower with labyrinth-like movements of unknown destination, imagining an unstable balance.

Prize: Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School Doctoral Program Graduation Work

emotion

emotion

Year: 2023

Material: Glass

Size: 20 x 20 x 20 cm / 7.9 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch

Technique: Original technique

Concept: Visualized the boundary between emotion and the outside world. Enclosed the strength of rising emotions while creating fragility with thin, delicate glass.

Prize: Japan Glass Art Society Research Presentation Work

19

19

Year: 2023

Material: Glass

Size: 32 x 32 x 32 cm / 12.6 x 12.6 x 12.6 inch

Technique: Original technique

Concept: Created a form where 19 hollow, fragile spheres attract each other with gravity. Assembled in a face-centered cubic lattice structure, coexisting rigidity and weakness.

Prize: Japan Glass Art Society Research Presentation Work

Turbine

Turbine

Year: 2011

Material: Glass

Size: 23 x 14 x 14 cm / 9.1 x 5.5 x 5.5 inch

Technique: Bonding, Cold work

Concept: Felt beauty in the form that converts gas movement into power, and created it in transparent glass.

Kagerou (Mayfly)

Kagerou (Mayfly)

Year: 2011

Material: Glass

Size: 50 x 6 x 17 cm / 19.7 x 2.4 x 6.7 inch

Technique: Fusing, Sagging, Cold work

Concept: Created a vessel feeling the fragile beauty in the wings of mayflies that gather light and fly lightly.

Prize: Japan Craft Exhibition 2011 Selected

Suiji (Drinking Time)

Suiji (Drinking Time)

Year: 2016

Material: Glass

Size: 7 x 10 x 7 cm / 2.8 x 3.9 x 2.8 inch

Technique: Fusing, Sagging, Cold work

Concept: Created a light sake cup that gathers light in its stem. The rim is polished smooth for a pleasant drinking experience.

Prize: Featured in book "Glass Fusing"

Hotaru

Hotaru

Year: 2014

Material: Glass

Size: 12 x 10 x 12 cm / 4.7 x 3.9 x 4.7 inch

Technique: Fusing, Sagging, Cold work

Concept: Created subtle textures by combining color glasses that undergo color-changing reactions.

Misty

Misty

Year: 2009

Material: Glass

Size: 7 x 5 x 5 cm / 2.8 x 2.0 x 2.0 inch

Technique: Fusing, Sagging, Cold work

Concept: Created imagining the mysterious beauty of fog appearing and disappearing faintly in the forest.

Prize: Craft City Takaoka Craft Competition 2009 Selected

SAKURA

SAKURA

Year: 2014

Material: Glass

Size: 12 x 2 x 12 cm / 4.7 x 0.8 x 4.7 inch

Technique: Fusing, Slumping

Concept: Devised an original production technique to create vessels that express transparency while imagining the soft colors of cherry blossoms.

Kuvio

Kuvio

Year: 2012

Material: Glass

Size: 30 x 4 x 30 cm / 11.8 x 1.6 x 11.8 inch

Technique: Fusing, Slumping, Cold work

Concept: A vessel aiming for a woven fabric-like pattern. Created continuous patterns by applying fusing technique.

Bloom

Bloom

Year: 2009

Material: Glass

Size: 30 x 3 x 30 cm / 11.8 x 1.2 x 11.8 inch

Technique: Fusing, Slumping

Concept: Created using simple white and clear sheet glass, imagining fresh white petals spreading wide.

H line

H line

Year: 2010

Material: Glass

Size: 18 x 18 x 7 cm / 7.1 x 7.1 x 2.8 inch

Technique: Parallel welding fusing, Slumping

Concept: Expressed ambient sounds as colors using colored sheet glass and glass powder.

Moon

Moon

Year: 2021

Material: Glass

Size: 10 x 1 x 10 cm / 3.9 x 0.4 x 3.9 inch (Sakura), 15 x 1 x 15 cm / 5.9 x 0.4 x 5.9 inch (Hexagon)

Technique: Fusing, Slumping

Concept: Created imagining soft light with pale colors drifting gently.

Wreath

Wreath

Year: 2019

Material: Glass

Size: 18 x 18 x 7 cm / 7.1 x 7.1 x 2.8 inch

Technique: Fusing, Slumping

Concept: Expressed by combining glasses with creative designs including self-made patterns on glass sheets within similar color families.

Pendant lamp

Pendant lamp

Year: 2020

Material: Glass

Size: 12 x 15 x 12 cm / 4.7 x 5.9 x 4.7 inch

Technique: Fusing, Wrapping

Concept: Challenged creating three-dimensional works with sheet glass to express the beauty of glass embracing light.

Prize: Featured in book "Glass Fusing"

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