The following info is from Paul Smith:
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BOKU MATSUMOTO
FLORAL STREET EXHIBITION
LONDON FASHION WEEK 15-20 SEPTMEBER 2008

BOKU was born in a small seaside village in Japan in 1962, and started his career as an artist in 1990 after learning woodwork at Shimane Polytechnic Institution. He has loved music, creative work and the sea since he was a child. Currently he works as an essayist, a singer-songwriter as well as an object artist.

There have been more than sixty solo exhibitions so far, most of them in Tokyo. His works have been used on CD jackets, book jackets and also as unique characters in TV dramas and movies. Some of his works are being displayed and enjoyed at nursing institutions, hospitals and in shop windows. His essays written about his work and inspiration have been published in various magazines and newspapers, and have  fascinated many readers. He lives in Shimane, Japan.

“I feel much honored that my works are to be exhibited at Paul Smith's Shop in London. My objects, which are made of pine and brass, are mostly extraordinarily common things around us in everyday life. For it is there that I find the most universal human stories. I hope you will enjoy my works.”

The Matsumoto boku website is: http://boku.info/