Hiroshi Yamano
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'Fish vase', Japan 1993.
Decorated with a fish motif, signed 93 Yamano, height 27.5 cm.
Designer
Hiroshi Yamano (b. 1956) is considered one of Japan’s leading figures in glass art and he is known for his diverse skills and innovative surface applications. Drawn to nature, specifically near his home in the countryside, Hiroshi uses the fish as his personal symbol to describe his journeys from Japan to America, traversing the oceans. Most recently he has been focusing on his homeland and has included native birds to complete his his Scenes of Japan. Hiroshi is co-founder of Ezra Glass Studio in Japan and chairman of the glass department and head of the craft department at Osaka Art University. Mr. Yamano’s work is exhibited widely in the U.S. and abroad and is included in many museum and public collections.
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