Jiro Yonezawa
Bamboo
28 x 40 x 33 cm
11.02 x 15.75 x 12.99 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6981
bamboo
71 x 53 x 53 cm
27.95 x 20.87 x 20.87 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 7465
Bamboo
39 x 54 x 40 cm
15.35 x 21.26 x 15.75 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6982
bamboo, steel, urushi lacquer
86 x 41 x 42 cm
33.86 x 16.14 x 16.54 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6547
bamboo, steel, urushi lacquer
67 x 53 x 53 cm
26.38 x 20.87 x 20.87 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6545
bamboo, steel, urushi lacquer
72 x 41 x 37 cm
28.35 x 16.14 x 14.57 in
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 6546
Japanese, born in 1956
Lives and works in Japan
Jiro Yonezawa is a bamboo weaving artist who studied and has been an apprentice is traditional basketry in Beppu, Japan
Yonezawa approaches weaving as a meditative practice in which choosing, preparing, and splitting the bamboo is an intrinsic part of art-making. He started when he was 23 years old, learning the traditional techniques from Japanese masters. In 1989 Yonezawa left Japan and settled in the United States, where he lived and worked for almost 20 years. Far from the tradition of Japan he freed himself from the constraint traditional weaving and began creating sculptural artworks
For him, arranging bamboo slats is a way to arrange his mind, his environment, a way to create order out of chaos.