Ido Yoshimoto turns salvaged wood into sculptural pieces at his northern Californian workshop

Ido Yoshimoto's workshop in Inverness, California, photographed under a blue sky and with wooden elements from his production.

For sculptor Ido Yoshimoto (featured in 2024’s Wallpaper* USA 400, our guide to creative America), making art is a way to figure out how things work, and how to fix what is broken. Sometimes it’s just repairing an old pepper grinder or cleaning a fish. But it’s also about living as nature, not with nature, an expression of curiosity and connection. Making art makes the world feel less mysterious because it’s tinkering in its highest form.

Visiting Ido Yoshimoto in Inverness, California