Yoshiaki Kojiro lives and works in Japan.
Graduated both in architecture (department of Science and Engineering) and in art (Tokyo glass institute), Yoshiaki Kojiro has applied his dual skills to his creations. His simultaneous use of several mediums give his work an important innovative aspect. For example, he mixes glass powder with lime powder (calcium oxide) or copper oxide powder in a mold, and fires the mixture in an electric kiln. The melting glass confines the gas produced by the other materials. This creates porous lumps of glass that he fires again, then let cool. When gas is finally freed, the shape moves on and cracks appear on the surface. Ultimately, the glass has lost its shape due to gravity, and the non-porous parts come out as a high-density glass.

For the artist, this transformation of the object is a life cycle. His goal is to create forms exploiting the natural properties of glass, and to catch the very moment when the surface cracks.

Permanent public collections
Victoria & Albert Museum of London, The Corning Museum of Glass, Contemporary Glass Arts Museum, The European Museum of Modern Glass, Pinakothek der Moderne, Toyama Glass Art Museum, Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo, Dai-ichi Museum...