Shitamachi lab is run by husband and wife, Satoru and Shiho Kawamura.
Where we live is called "Shitamachi, which means old town or low town, actually one of the old towns in Tokyo, that is traditional manufacturing town. We live in Shitamachi at a place where Satoru's grandfather used to live and work as a leather craftsman.
(We moved from Tokyo to Nagoya, Aichi. 2019.8)
Living and creating our artworks in such a place, we named our unit "Shitamachi Lab"
Mainly introducing Satoru’s tiny wood sculpture and leather works.
Satoru Kawamura;
Learned traditional Japanese wood lathe in Takayama Japan, and arranged it to his original techniques now. Also using his grandfather’s tools for leather works.
