“I believe in participating in the activities for preserving the earth, for healthy earth, for happy lives, for all kind. I use waste materials for my art works very often. It started soon after I arrived from Japan seeing the big wasteful life style in this country, observing so many beautiful materials going to trash. I feel it is a challenge to use them well for art works and I enjoy achieving a quality goal as much as I can. And I hope it will help people’s awareness what is going to trash and how creativity can turn the things for beautiful asset for our life. I hope my piece has matched to this goal.”Tamiko Kawanta