Woven Lines of Glass
Takeoka Kensuke
Kensuke Takeoka was born in 1996 in Kanagawa Prefecture. He graduated from the Glass Program in the Craft Department at Tama Art University in 2019, then moved to Toyama to continue his studies at the Toyama City Institute of Glass Art.
He has received awards since 2018, most notably the Silver Prize at the International Glass Exhibition Kanazawa 2019 and First Place at the Glass Art Society Virtual 2021 Student Exhibition.
Between Line and Form
For Takeoka, glass is not simply a material to be shaped but a medium through which movement becomes visible. Drawn to the fleeting moment when molten glass exists between fluidity and structure, he works with glass as if tracing a line through space. Thin strands are stretched, assembled, woven, and transformed into forms that appear both delicate and architectural. His vessels retain the memory of their making, of heat, gravity, and breath, allowing process itself to remain present within the finished work.
Weaving Light into Glass
A defining influence on Takeoka’s practice is Japanese bamboo basketry. He explores the underlying qualities that make woven structures compelling: their elasticity, their rhythm, and their subtle relationship with space. Through countless interlaced glass strands, he creates surfaces that seem to breathe, catching light while maintaining an unexpected sense of warmth.
Biography
Kensuke Takeoka was born in 1996 in Kanagawa Prefecture. He graduated from the Glass Program in the Craft Department at Tama Art University in 2019, then moved to Toyama to continue his studies at the Toyama City Institute of Glass Art.
He has received awards since 2018, most notably the Silver Prize at the International Glass Exhibition Kanazawa 2019 and First Place at the Glass Art Society Virtual 2021 Student Exhibition. That same year, he gave a live demonstration at the Glass Art Society Virtual 2021 conference.
