The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 2017; Margaret Roulette, San Diego, by purchase 2004; Tai Gallery, Santa Fe

"That eloquent tribute to craftsmanship is echoed by his peers. Kazuaki Honma was born on the island of Sado and has spent a lifetime learning how far he can push bamboo, particularly the smoke-stained remnants that are salvaged from old farmhouses and treated as a valuable resource. To express the turbulence of the ocean waves, he wets these brittle rods and bends them with heat into springlike coils that are tightly knotted together. He strives to distill his ideas to their essence. Now that his supply of sooty bamboo is exhausted, Honma must harvest his own, a task many artists perform." Michael Webb, 2002

Inscribed: Signed on back, "Kazuaki"