Yoko KURAMOTO
	1950〜 Yamanashi pref. tel & fax : 0555-84-4501 ■I use a kiln for my works and I endeavour to find new textures of glass and expressing a modern Japanese feeling into the flat shapes.

activity： 1972　Graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of 　　　　Crafts & Industrial Design, Tokyo 1988　"World Glass Now '88", Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo 1990　"Glass '90 in Japan", Asahi Shinbunsha Prize 1993　"New Glass in Japan", Kunstmuseum Dusseldolf, Germany 1996　"Competition for Cake Vessels", Grand Prize, Sapporo 1999　"2000 Years of Japanese Glass :from the Yayoi Period to the Present Day", 　　　　Suntory Museum, Tokyo 2006　"The Contemporary Glass, Koganezaki 2006", Koganezaki Glass Museum, Shizuoka

"9 Brooches" 2005 5 x 10cm fused,slumped	"Flat bottle" 2005 9 x 7 x 1.5cm fused	Vase "Waving Shape" 2006 18 x 8 x 2cm fused