Studio Kura

Im the happiest person in the world

I found a ziplock bag on the streets of Itoshima.

I brought the bag back to the studio and counted the contents. Inside were thirty two matches and seventy five cigarette butts.

I created silicone moulds of the matches and cigarettes and cast them out of plaster. I now have thirty two plaster matches and seventy five plaster cigarettes.

thoughts

It's one of my final days in Itoshima and I am preemptively homesick for a place I've only known a few weeks.

Japan has acted as a foil to my own culture. Most obviously to me the frequency of bins + amount of packaging, moist towelettes and smoking indoors and cost of tobacco.

How do our surroundings shape our personalities and what do we take for granted. I don't know but I don't want to write anymore for an Instagram post.

Thank you to Studio Kura and Hiro for having me, thank you to the local community and thanks to the other artists I've met along the way. I 🩶 u Itoshima

https://studiokura.info/en/2026/04/charlotte-simpson

Broken white chalk pieces inside a metallic container with ridges.
Various jewelry and accessories laid out on white papers and containers on a concrete surface, including shells, beads, and decorative pins.
View of a greenhouse or plant enclosure with hanging white balls and a transparent plastic or glass roof, sunny outdoor scene with greenery visible outside.
A white wall with five white paper strips taped to it, with shadows cast by overhead blinds on the wall and paper. The paper strips have some embossed or textured pattern. The top part of the image shows a reflective surface with a view of a wooden s
Interior corner of a room with white walls, featuring three small air vents on the lower walls and a concrete floor, with light casting shadows on the right wall.
A white table or countertop has a booklet or magazine on it. The magazine cover features a rock and some blue and white building blocks. The table is beside a window, and in the background, there is a partially enclosed outdoor space with wooden fram
Wooden construction framing with metal roofing and insulation panels.
View through an open garage door showing a wooden planter with colorful flowers next to the wall indoors and a transparent curtain with sunlight outside.
A large colorful flower arrangement with pink, purple, blue, and yellow flowers placed on a wooden bench near a white wall. There are three floating shelves on the white wall above the flower arrangement and colorful wooden beams framing part of the
An outdoor patio or garden area with a flower arrangement basket placed on a wooden block, a white wall with hanging paper decorations on the left, a partly open door with a small wooden shelf on the right, and a transparent roof supported by wooden
Construction site showing a corner of a building with insulated wall panels, drywall, and exposed concrete foundation. Construction debris is visible on the ground.
A flower arrangement with colorful flowers in a basket, placed on a wooden block outside near a modern building with a sliding glass door and wooden and metal siding.
Broken pieces of white chalk scattered on a wooden surface with visible cracks.
Various pieces of white plastic items, some on brown paper packaging, lying on a rough concrete surface outside near a window.
A rectangular piece of concrete with multiple small protruding hooks arranged in rows, cracked in two parts, mounted on a white wall with a yellow pin at the bottom.
Two white plastic combs with thin, evenly spaced teeth on a white surface, with two yellow round objects at the bottom. Background features a gradient with shadows.
Close-up of a white curtain with pearl-like hooks hanging on a white wall near a window.
A collection of seashells arranged on a wooden surface near a window with a textured glass pane, with natural sunlight illuminating the shells.
A wooden plank with several small white chalk pieces on top, mounted on a plain wall next to a small shell.

世界一幸せです

Plaster, concrete, washi, crushed shell, found shell, fake pearl, copper nails, ashtray, glass, slate, incense, pins, bouquet