I'm Ryoji Kobayashi from coba_luto glass labo.
I make hand-blown glass art in the city of Fukuyama in Hiroshima.

We use favorite glass items unconsciously in everyday life. I make glass works wholeheartedly to create works that could be integrated into someone's everyday life.

1971 Born in Saitama
1996-2000 Worked at Asahi Glass Factory Co., Ltd. in Osaka
2000-2004 Worked at Glass studio Toh-mei kan in Okayama
(*trained under Keisuke Arimatsu)
2005 Built a glass-melting furnace in Minomi-cho in the city of Fukuyama in Hiroshima. Established coba_luto glass labo.

- Exhibition history
2002- Annual solo exhibition at Kuwamitsu Gallery (Fukuyama city, Hiroshima)

I held several exhibitions in Japan, mainly in Hiroshima and Okayama.
2006 Selected at Kanazawa One exhibition.
2008 Won a prize at ITAMI International Craft Exhibition.
2009 Selected at Craft Competition in Takaoka.
2010 Selected at Kanaz Forest of Creation "Sake no Utsuwa" (drinking vessel) exhibition.

Official site: http://cobaluto.jimdo.com/