HERO

EMIKO YOSHIDA
Exploring Human Time Through Plants, Glass, and Light.

WORKS

Installation view of Look Again: 30 framed fused-glass panels with botanical leaves arranged on a white wall, casting soft shadows.

Look Again, 2026
Fused glass and botanical material
120 × 290 × 5 cm (H × W × D)

Bougainvillea at Night, 2025
Fused glass and botanical material
54 × 27 × 5 cm (H × W × D)

Morning Glory After Bloom, 2025
Fused glass and botanical material
Ø 34 × 3 cm

Grape fruit, 2024
Fused glass and botanical material
Ø 34 × 3 cm

Bougainvillea, 2024
Fused glass and botanical material
Ø 34 × 3 cm

Ivy, 2025
Fused glass and botanical material
30 x 15 x 3 ㎝ (H × W × D)

Sea Hibiscus, 2023
Fused glass and botanical material
Ø 34 × 3 cm


Artist Statement

I work with observable facts found in nature.Plants are not symbols in my work.They are living records of time.For more than twenty years, I have developed a patented technique that permanently fuses botanical materials into glass without reducing them to ash.I collect fallen leaves during the process of decomposition and preserve this transitional state within glass.Glass is not used to preserve the leaves themselves.It allows light to pass through, casting their shadows into the surrounding space.The leaves record the time they have lived.The changing light reveals another passage of time.Within the same space, suspended time and flowing time quietly coexist.By observing the life of plants, I explore how human time might also be understood.My works do not illustrate a single message.They present observable realities, allowing each viewer to form their own interpretation.Process Video

Bio

Emiko Yoshida is a glass artist based in Okinawa, Japan.For more than twenty years, she has developed a patented technique that permanently fuses botanical materials into glass without reducing them to ash.Working with fallen leaves collected in the midst of decomposition,she explores how time is recorded in living things. Rather than preserving plants themselves, her work reveals the passage of time through light, shadow, and glass.

SELECTED AWARDS

2026
5th Place, 3 Dimensional — Bougainvillea at Night
Special Merit — Morning Glory After Bloom
16th Botanicals Exhibition
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, USA
Finalist
14th OPEN International Juried Art Competition
TERAVARNA


Available Works

Selected works are available for acquisition.Private collectors, galleries, museums, and curators are welcome to inquire.International shipping is available.

Contact

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© Emiko Yoshida