These ten houses, with their lumpy roofs, come together to form a village, yet there is still a feeling that there is no real dialogue or communication between people who live here. Their inhabitants lock themselves inside all day, only peeking out through tiny windows — perhaps they are deeply engrossed in their work.
I hope you enjoy exploring this bizarre village: the houses are near one another, and yet they each assert their individuality. –Kenji Komatsu

■ Dates: November 2–8, 2013
■ Venue: Gallery 5610 in Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo
■ Items Exhibited:
・7 wall shelves (old works)
・100 wooden spoons (new works), with production process on display
・10 glass coffee containers
・8 wooden trays (new works)
・100 nail files (new works), with original wood on display
・10 bonito tuna flake shavers, with production process on display
■Website：https://www.deska.jp/past/471.html

This exhibition features over 230 small everyday items, including wooden spoons used for scooping up coffee beans, nail files, carved-out dishes, small bonito tuna flake shavers for use at the table, small wall shelves, and more.

The goal was to focus on everyday items used occasionally without much thought — the sorts of items that sit on the back of a shelf somewhere, until they’re occasionally pulled out for a few moments of use.

Alongside the items themselves, the exhibition includes an easy-to-understand look at the production process, as well as a display of the wood shavings. I hope that you will appreciate the pride inherent to these humble everyday items.

• Dates: November 2–8, 2016

• Venue: Gallery 5610 in Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo

• Items Exhibited:
– Paradise of Follies wood carvings (10 new works, 4 old works)
– 10 enlarged drawings
– 30 sketches (new works)
– 2 large-scale reliefs (new works)

• Website:
www.deska.jp/past/4929.html