My work is rooted in personal memory and lived experience in the place where I work, as well as intangible natural phenomena such as the sea and rain. My current Rain series was inspired by the rain I experienced in the Hokuriku region. I was struck by the sight of countless lines filling the wide sky, and I incorporate that sense of blur and fluctuation into the process of making.

I incorporate wood and lacquer into my works. Wood is often used as a base or structural element. Lacquer is mainly mixed with glass powder or soil, and applied onto the glass surface of tea utensils and vessels before firing. While lacquer traditionally builds depth through surface layering, applying it to glass creates visual depth on both front and back, generating multiple layers of perception within a single form.

I feel that the world is not composed only of clearly defined categories, but that human presence and uncertainty exist in the spaces in between. Rather than rejecting ambiguity or incompleteness, I hope to remain within that fluctuation, relying on my own senses. Through my work, I hope to leave space for viewers to pause and encounter such states of being.