Masouleh tower

“Masouleh Tower” is SCULPFURNITURE, functional art by Hiroyuki Nishimura. Carved from discarded trees (zouki) salvaged along the Shonan coast, SCULPFURNITURE captures an exchange between artist and nature, function and form.

Nishimura maintains a daily discipline of sketching. “As I carve, my crude lines adapt to the natural form of the tree.” The chainsaw lends a rugged, stately appearance to his work, but delicacy and lightness also pervade.

The sculpting environment remains critical. Nishimura’s open-air workshop exposes him to the elements. “I hear wind blowing through the fields and mountains and imagine birds in flight when I see my finished work.”

ZOUGEI SCULP FURNITURE PV