People | WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN? Dec 16, 2017
Solitary mosaic artist Takako Hirai chips away at expression
by Joji Sakurai
In a cramped studio in Ravenna, Italy, Takako Hirai runs her finger along the cracks in a mosaic artwork depicting dappled light in a park. The spaces between the tiles, she explains, determine the flow and movement of a mosaic, even more than the ...