MICHAEL SCARBOROUGH DESIGN

My great-grandfather was a mosaic artist from northern Italy, and my dad built me my first workbench when I was five years old. So, it seems that I inherited a love for fine art and craft through both nature and nurture. The greatest influence on my early life, however, was growing up in rural Japan in the late 1950s, inundated with beauty and living within walking distance of the ancient Kintaikyo Bridge. I constantly followed Japanese craftsmen around our home when they were working and was fascinated by their tools and their amazing concentration. I witnessed every step of the building of our family boat. On visits to ancient temples or Samurai fortresses, I was mesmerized by the architecture and decoration... Shiranami (White Wave), our family boat, about to be launched with Mount Fuji in the background. It is customary for a Japanese artist to choose an "art name"; I have chosen Shiranami for mine. The Kanji characters comprise my logo... I was always building things as a kid..

Primary location: Sunnyside Gardens United States