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Stone Carving vol.03 vol.02

| Shigehiro Aoki | Akiho Tata | Yoshiteru Izumi | Kazuteru Iwata | Kenichi Okada | Masatomi Okada |
| Hanjo Katsuki | Hideyuki Sakamoto | Junpei Jinno | Kaku Takaishi | Kazuki Morioka | Hiroyuki Yamada |
| Seiji Yamada |
Miracle Fossil
Mole Garden

Shigehiro Aoki

■Introduction
Aoki represents what he sees without changing anything. His theme is to show things as they are in nature, while striving to avoid all pretence.
■Examples of work
2006 “Miracle Fossil”, for The Ishi-no-Sato Artists Sculpture Exhibition
2007 “Mole Garden”, for The Ishi-no-Sato Artists Sculpture Exhibition
■Achievements
2006 Exhibitor, The Ishi-no-Sato Artists Sculpture Exhibit, and nearly every year thereafter
■Address
Mure-cho, Takamatsu City
Fantasia・clouds
Fantasia・clouds parting

Akiho Tata

■Affiliation
None in particular. Organizers of the Sanuki Art Project.
■Introduction
As sculptors, they create sculptures jointly as a married couple. They consider the total environmental design for all their work, including monuments, benches and stone lanterns. They intend to fill the whole of the Sanuki townscape with art.
■Examples of work
Megijima Oni’s Lighthouse Monument (1998)
“Futaba Strategy”, Environmental Art (1998)
“Message from Fantasia”, winner of the Kobe Suma Rikyu Park Prize (1998)
■Achievements
1998 Design Production, Megijima Oni’s Lighthouse Monument, Megijima
Environmental Art “Futaba Strategy” exhibited in Kagawa Prefecture
Kobe Suma Rikyu Park Prize, 15th Kobe Suma Rikyu Park Modern Sculpture Exhibition
2005 Award for Excellence, Jeans Factory Contemporary Art Award
2006 Award for Cultural Merit, Takamatsu City
2009 Participated in 52nd Special Exhibit Competition, Conflict and Harmony: Couples, Takamatsu Historical Museum
■Address
3720-254 Mure, Mure-cho, Takamatsu City, 761-0121
■Fax.
+81-87-845-9511
■E-mail
akiho_tataybb.ne.jp
I Wish It Would Clear Up
Family

Yoshiteru Izumi

■Affiliation
Sanuki Stonecraft Cooperative
Group C (Local Stone Carving Group)
■Introduction
Izumi is one of the few Japanese to have graced the pages of National Geographic, the periodical that tickles the intellectual curiosity of people in 180 countries worldwide. Although his sculptures are traditional in nature, he is also challenging himself to create new works, including his child sculptures.
■Examples of work
Saba Daishi Temple, Tokushima Prefecture, installation, “Fudo Myo (Acala)” (1987)
Child sculpture, “I Wish It Would Clear Up” (2001)
Utatsu, installation monument, “Family” (2003)
■Achievements
1998 Selection, Stone Sculpture, Ishi-no-Sato Festival
2001 Certification, Kagawa Prefecture Traditional Artist
■Address
2668-3 Mure, Mure-cho, Takamatsu 761-0121
■Tel./Fax.
+81-87-845-5412

Kazuteru Iwata

■Affiliation
Group C
■Introduction
Iwata produces work every autumn for the exhibit entitled Ishi-no-Sato Artists, at the Stone Museum in Mure.
■Address
321-2 Aji-cho, Takamatsu City, 761-0130
Iwata Landscaping Stone
■Tel./Fax.
+81-87-871-2834
■E-mail
jrsrw592ybb.ne.jp
■サイト
http://iwatazouen.com