Masaki Uruga

　July 12, 1961　Born in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Graduated from Wako University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Art

 

　1991

　　Established Glass Studio URUGA, a stained glass studio.

 

He continues to create delicate works that suit Japanese sensibilities and architecture.

He believes in doing everything from design to production by his own hands.

 

Aimed works

　　　Works that blend in with the architecture without being too assertive.

 

Hobbies

　　　Playing bass, production, photography, swimming

 

Favorite artists

　　　Yozo Hamaguchi, Isson Tanaka, Giacometti

 

Favorite movies 

       ÷ The formula that the doctor loved                 ( I love it  so much that I have watched it more than 5times)
       ÷ Mathematical formula given by a miracle (Srinivasa Ramanujan) 

Favorite place

　　　Lake Tama, Rota, Ildepan Island

 

Favorite Food

　　　Eel, Pork cutlet

 

Favorite word

　　　Thank you.

 

People you find attractive

　　　　People who have their own opinions

 

Moment that makes you happy

　　　　I am really happy when people are pleased with my work.

 

Place where I am not good at

　　　　Heights, noisy places

 

Bad sound

　　　　The sound of an apple being chewed (cause unknown)

 

Food I don't like

　　　　Soft rice

 

People I dislike

　　　　People who like to talk behind my back, people who are tough on the weak and stiff-arm the strong.

 

Dislike words

　　　　Kizuna" and "SDGs" as used by politicians and the media.

 

What you find contradictory

　　　　The fact that we continue to produce garbage that must be managed for tens of thousands of years for the sake of a few decades of profit, when there are other options.

 

I still have regrets.

　　　　I wish my father, who was a Siberian internee, had told me more stories about that time

I wish I had learned how to make dashimaki omelet from my mother