Category: Art

Conversations with contemporary artists exploring creative processes, personal projects, and the human dimension behind artistic practice.

Isamu Hazama, making as a way of learning

Isamu lives and works in a small mountain village in Japan, creating objects, books, and other works from materials found close at hand. Rather than working within a fixed medium, he responds to materials as they appear through the seasons — much like a farmer responding to the land. In our conversation, he shared how making became a way of learning, and how the memories, knowledge, and wisdom embedded in local materials shape everything he creates.

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