The figures in my work often take a somewhat sad or melancholic pose; they hang their heads, throw themselves down, sit firmly planted upon the ground, or stand for ever motionless. These works comprise a life-size human body merging with an abstract rounded jet-black mass to portray a human figure suffering from anxiety, fear, or apprehension withdrawing into their shell; each figure isolates themselves from the external world and just quietly exists in silence.

    Each one is coated by a lustrous jet-black membrane; the effect is achieved by repeatedly layering thin coats, each measuring less than a few tenths of a millimeter. More than 30 production process slowly give solidity and build a strong surface with a mirror-like luster. This steady progress resembles the creating of a shelter to protect us from the external world; it is as if the hard and beautiful lacquered surface transformed the vulnerable and unattractive human into a powerful and beautiful being.

    By using urushi lacquer, strong and striking material, I want to express the "existence of precious pitiful human beings" who live so powerfully and vigorously while bearing their burden of anxiety and solitude.