The Amazing Leaf Art of Kazuo Akasaki
A unique art form perfected by Japanese artist Kazuo Akasaki who can spend as much as six months producing a single work. Each is completed entirely of fallen leaves. After being awarded the “Salon de Paris” at the 1986 Fine-arts Paris Exhibition of Japan, Akasaki continued perfecting his techniques and has written several instructional books on his art form and opened a school to teach his techniques. The works are truly exceptional.
To learn more about the artist and see more of his work, check out Japan Probe and this Flickr site.
Doug
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Isn't it amazing how some people find art in the strangest places? While his friends were out playing baseball, he was collecting and assembling leaves. And know he is teaching an art form.
On the site they call it a "painting". If it is all leaves, how can they call it a painting? It is an amazing art work no matter what it is called!
Amazing work. To think it's all done with leaves is beyond imagination. The video is an interesting bio on how he came to do this; it's in Japanese but you get the idea (with the help of the description).
This is amazing work with phenomenal detail. I would love to see some examples of the artist's work in person. Does anyone know if/when/where it will show in the U.S.?
Just amazing what people can do with artistic talent and time on their hands.