Luft Tanaka Studio

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Brooklyn, NY

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About Luft Tanaka Studio

Luft Tanaka is a Japanese artist and designer based in New York City. Utilizing his intuitive understanding of materials and processes, Luft creates distinct and covetable art objects, furniture and lighting. His most expansive body of work, the Kawa Series, is the product of a method unique to his practice: the casting of porcelain into leather molds, perfected over years of experimentation and refinement. Originally from Kasugai, Japan, Luft moved to New York City in 2008 and earned a degree in Product Design from Parsons School of Design. Since then, his work has bee...Read More

Established in 20181stDibs seller since 2021

Featured Pieces

White Ceramic Kawa Vase Set/3 D, organic sculptural porcelain flower vessels

By Luft Tanaka

Located in Brooklyn, NY

A cluster of 3 unique tactile and organic porcelain vases with leather textured exterior surface and clear glazed interior. As a result of the production process each item is one-of-...

Category

2010s American Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

White Ceramic Kawa Vase Set/3 D, organic sculptural porcelain flower vessels

Kawa Large Porcelain Vessel 1.2, White organic ceramic, 13" diameter, sculpture

By Luft Tanaka

Located in Brooklyn, NY

A large porcelain vessel with leather textured exterior surface and clear glazed interior. As a result of the production process each item is one-of-a-kind. A multitude of small le...

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2010s American Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Kawa Large Porcelain Vessel 1.2, White organic ceramic, 13" diameter, sculpture

Organic White Ceramic Kawa Vessel 6 by Luft Tanaka, Sculptural, Ivory, Porcelain

By Luft Tanaka

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Kawa Vessel 6 Sculptural porcelain vessel made by casting into a sewn leather mold. This piece explores a more organic, asymmetrical approach to pattern-making, allowing the seams t...

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2010s American Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain

Organic White Ceramic Kawa Vessel 6 by Luft Tanaka, Sculptural, Ivory, Porcelain

White Ceramic Organic Kawa Vase Set/3 C, sculptural haptic porcelain flower vase

By Luft Tanaka

Located in Brooklyn, NY

A cluster of 3 unique tactile and organic porcelain vases with leather textured exterior surface and clear glazed interior. As a result of the production process each item is one-of-...

Category

2010s American Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

White Ceramic Organic Kawa Vase Set/3 C, sculptural haptic porcelain flower vase

Set of 5 Kawa Ceramic Vases A, Luft Tanaka, White Organic Sculptural Porcelain

By Luft Tanaka

Located in Brooklyn, NY

A cluster of 5 unique tactile and organic porcelain vases with leather textured exterior surface and clear glazed interior. As a result of the production process each item is one-of-...

Category

2010s American Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Set of 5 Kawa Ceramic Vases A, Luft Tanaka, White Organic Sculptural Porcelain

Set of 5 Kawa Vases, Luft Tanaka, White Organic Ceramic, Sculptural Porcelain

By Luft Tanaka

Located in Brooklyn, NY

A cluster of 5 unique tactile and organic porcelain vases with leather textured exterior surface and clear glazed interior. As a result of the production process each item is one-of-...

Category

2010s American Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Set of 5 Kawa Vases, Luft Tanaka, White Organic Ceramic, Sculptural Porcelain

Set of 2 Large Kawa Vessels, Oversized white ceramic vessels, organic, sculpture

By Luft Tanaka

Located in Brooklyn, NY

A set of 2 unique tactile and white porcelain vessels with leather textured exterior surface and clear glazed interior. Vessels are watertight. From tallest to shortest: 13" diam...

Category

2010s American Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Set of 2 Large Kawa Vessels, Oversized white ceramic vessels, organic, sculpture

Set of 2 Kawa Vases, Luft Tanaka, White Organic Ceramic, Sculptural Porcelain

By Luft Tanaka

Located in Brooklyn, NY

A set of 2 unique tactile and organic porcelain vases with leather textured exterior surface and clear glazed interior. As a result of the production process each item is one-of-a-ki...

Category

2010s American Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Set of 2 Kawa Vases, Luft Tanaka, White Organic Ceramic, Sculptural Porcelain

Set of 3 Kawa Vases, Luft Tanaka, White Organic Ceramic, Sculptural Porcelain

By Luft Tanaka

Located in Brooklyn, NY

A cluster of 3 unique tactile and organic porcelain vases with leather textured exterior surface and clear glazed interior. As a result of the production process each item is one-of-...

Category

2010s American Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Set of 3 Kawa Vases, Luft Tanaka, White Organic Ceramic, Sculptural Porcelain

Set of 5 Organic White Ceramic Vases by Luft Tanaka, Kawa Series, Porcelain

By Luft Tanaka

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Organic white ceramic vases with textured raw porcelain exterior surface and clear glazed interior. As a result of the production process each item is one-of-a-kind. Cluster of 5 va...

Category

2010s American Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain, Clay

Set of 5 Organic White Ceramic Vases by Luft Tanaka, Kawa Series, Porcelain

Pair of Kawa Vases by Luft Tanaka, White Porcelain, Organic Sculptural Design

By Luft Tanaka

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Pair of Kawa Vase 19 & 20 Made by casting liquid porcelain into sewn leather molds, all pieces in the Kawa Series are one-of-a-kind. 4" dia. x 11" h 6" dia. x 14"h Kawa Series by...

Category

2010s American Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Pair of Kawa Vases by Luft Tanaka, White Porcelain, Organic Sculptural Design

Tall Bronze Coat Tree, Travertine Base, Brass Coat Rack, Freestanding, New

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Freestanding coat tree made of solid brass components and brass tubing with a travertine base. Shown in oil-rubbed bronze finish. The piece is made-to-order and fully customizable(d...

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