Akira SHIRAHATA
	1946〜 Saitama pref. ■For me, glass cries, laughs, pesters, demands and surprises - it is the proof that it lives. Under its tutelage I have matured and here I am..

activity： 1974　"The Japan Traditional Crafts"(annual) 1984　"Glass '84 in Japan"(triennial) 1985　"World Glass Now '85", Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art,Sapporo 1992　Established Ashitaba Studio. Member,Japan Traditional Crafts 1999　"2000 Years of Japanese Glass : From the period to the present", Suntory Museum of Art 2003 　"The 50 years Anniversary of Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Art Crafts" 2004　 Jury, "Asahi Modern Crafts Exhibition", ('05) Board member of the Japan Crafts Association and so on, currently

"Creation -2" 1978 40 x 30 x 30cm hand blown,cut	"Karatachi" 1990 10 x 43 x 43cm hand blown,cut	"Red Vase -- SO SO" 2005 22 x 45.5 x 11.7cm cut,flat cut and polished,glued