Hideki Takayama

Wood sculptor, Hideki Takayama, lives and works out of his home workshop in Mashiko, Japan—a rural, mountainous region outside of Tokyo famous for its local ceramics community. Taka is a self-taught sculptor whose work ranges from the functional to the sensual. In his words, “The thing I value most when making furniture is the sensation you have when interacting with its textural elements. I always finish a piece of work by touching it intently and only stop working when it feels perfect.”