Master silversmith Yusuke Yamamoto has said the vibrancy of Scotland’s silversmithing industry enables specialist craftsmen to sustain an enterprise in a way that is not possible in Japan, The Herald reported on 4 October.
Yamamoto, who moved from Tokyo to Renfrewshire three years ago, said his move was due to the revival of the industry in the UK.
Having studied under Japan’s most celebrated silversmith, Hiroshi Suzuki, he now lectures at the Glasgow School of Art, and exhibits his work at The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh.