Hiroki Tashiro
Born in 1982 in Gifu Prefecture
Tashiro graduated from a sculpture major at Tokyo Zokei University in 2007.
Moved to Germany in 2014 as under the overseas study program for upcoming artists of the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
“Chisou Komono" was initiated in 2017 at Chino-cho, Mie Prefecture by Tashiro.
Recent solo exhibition of “Flow of the time”(ASTARAUM, Düsseldorf, 2015), “White Sign”(Rokyo, Mie Prefecture, 2018).
Yasuhide Ono
Started the career of accessory making in the world wandering
Warmth of handmade without the same thing as one in the world, to convey the charm and history of natural stone,
Ono make it with goal to be involved in everyday life of as many people as possible.
From hand to hand, to your’s special things.
Ono Moved to Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture in 2013, founds”Utsushiki" in 2016.
Opening planning "Utsushiki" at China in 2020.
Miyakono Yasuda
Born in 1972
Started production activities based on plants, minerals, and soil from 2012.
Create works by connecting ancient pottery formation, field burning studies and unique senses.
Yasuda has been involved in the activities and art production of Cosmic Wonder since its establishment.
Masaru Kawai
Born in 1979 in Gifu Prefecture into agriculture family
Kawai started in 2007, as woodworker
The concept of mountains, trees and nature producing beautiful works
that feel like myth offerings to the natural world.
Kawai founds SOMA in 2016.
Planning a workshop and fieldwork of connect forest and person.
Kaoru Yokoo
Born in 1979 in Tokyo
Yokoo started art activity by repair from 2005.
Precious clothes that people can not throw away,
Yokoo takes to interview the owner about the process and the story of the clothes.
Base on this story, Yokoo will repair the clothes’s holes by embroidery or knitting of creative and delicate.
CATHERINA EMIW
Catherina Emiw started in 1972, continue restoration and production of old instruments of the medieval and renaissance period.
In 1991, moved from Tokyo to Sankacho, Kitsuki city, Oita prefecture, and worked on making musical instruments using Japanese trees.
Many beautiful instruments have been restored based on the instruments drawn in the paintings of the extant medieval and renaissance.
They are engaged in concerts activities and workshop to introduce old musical instruments, devoted to the introduction of old instruments.
rinn to hitsuji
Rie Suzuki of rinn to hitsuji started to making candles from 2007.
The candles are handmade one-by-one, making an organic silhouette.
Suzuki is using Natural wax such as soy wax and beeswax extracted from soybeans, natural essential oils for perfume.
Like a beautiful heart, unwavering candle, It is job to gift a ray of light.