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Tag Archives: sculpture
Fun Link Friday: Japanese “tips”
Travelers to Japan are often surprised to discover that tipping at restaurants is not expected. So what is left behind after our meals at a restaurant? Starting in 2012, Yuki Tatsumi began to think about this question. Working as a … Continue reading
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Tagged art, everyday life, fun link friday, Japan, Japanese art, Japanese culture, sculpture
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Fun Link Friday: Newspaper Animal Sculptures by Chie Hitotsuyama
Who says the age of newspapers is over? Artist Chie Hitotsuyama has certainly found a good use for them! She creates masterful, incredibly realistic sculptures of animals and people using primarily rolled up newspapers. The effect of carefully manipulating sections … Continue reading
Fun Link Friday: Ikuta Niyoko’s Geometric Sculptures
In this week’s Fun Link, relax by looking at the intricate laminated glass sculptures of Ikuta Niyoko. I am captivated by the complexity of light as it reflects, refracts, and passes through broken cross sections of plate glass. In 1980 … Continue reading
Fun Link Friday: Star Wars at the Sapporo Snow Festival
If you’ve already seen the pictures of the Star Wars sculpture at the 2015 Sapporo Snow Festival, head over to the official page and check out the images of how it was built over the course of a month. Click … Continue reading
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Tagged art, fun link friday, Japan, sculpture, snow, snow sculpture, Star Wars, winter
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Fun Link Friday: Grated Daikon Sculptures in Nabe
Let Masanori Kobo teach you how to play with your food this winter with his grated daikon sculptures in nabe. Kono sculpted the grated radish into the shape of a polar bear, added a bit of seaweed for eyes and nose … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, daikon, food, fun link friday, Japan, sculpture
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Exhibition: Yayoi Kusama: Pumpkins [London]
16 September – 19 December 2014 Victoria Miro · Gallery I & Garden, 16 Wharf Road London N1 7RW http://www.victoria-miro.com/exhibitions/464/ Victoria Miro is delighted to present a new body of sculptures and paintings by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama dedicated to … Continue reading
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Tagged art, bronze, exhibition, London, pumpkins, sculpture, Yayoi Kusama
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Book Announcement: The Concept of Danzō ‘Sandalwood Images’ in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture of the 8th to 14th Centuries
Christian Boehm The Concept of Danzō: ‘Sandalwood Images’ in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture of the 8th to 14th Centuries London: Saffron Books, 2012 264pp, hard cover, 287mm x 210mm, 165 colour and black and white illustrations Saffron Asian Art & Society … Continue reading
Fun Link Friday: Beer-Can Takatori Castle
NPOs Hojin Juminno Chikara, Amanokawa Jikkoiinkai and Takatoricho Ikku Jichikai have taken the Guinness World Record for largest aluminum can sculpture with their beer-can replica of Nara’s Takatori Castle. Construction began in January 2012 and was completed on August 28, … Continue reading
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Tagged beer, beer cans, Beering in Mind, fun link friday, Guinness World Records, Japan, model, Nara, NPO, sculpture, Takatori Castle
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