Kentaro Yanagi was born in Tokyo in 1969. From a young age, Kentaro became fascinated by the assembly of plastic toy models. In 1990, Yanagi was greatly impacted when he saw an art nouveau lamp exhibition and decided that he would make glasswork his lifetime occupation. In 2005, Yanagi opened a private studio and began working as an artist. The original style that he ultimately developed is, in a way, like plastic models without blueprints — as if his childhood play has been transformed directly into glass. Underlying the artist's works are messages of sociality, love, and more.