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I am a Japan-born glass artist based in the UK, working at the intersection of craft, sculpture, and speculative narrative. My practice, Future Archaeology, casts mass-produced toys and recasts them in glass using pâte de verre, before enclosing the resulting forms within hand-cut faceted glass spheres, imagining today's disposable objects as tomorrow's excavated relics. Before my BA in Craft & Material Practices at Arts University Plymouth, I spent a year working as a studio assistant to Japanese sculptor Kohei Nawa on the PixCell series, an experience that shaped how I think about crossing craft technique into a contemporary art context. My degree work was nominated for the Vice-Chancellor's Commendation Award and won the Crafts Council's CC Loves Award. I work primarily in cast and pâte de verre glass, alongside cold-working and faceting techniques, and I'm drawn to processes that sit between control and accident, precision and distortion. I'm currently based in the UK and building an international practice spanning Japan and Europe. I'm always open to connecting with galleries, curators, and collectors interested in contemporary craft, glass sculpture, and material-led practice.