ARTIST-СКУЛЬПТОР KYOKO OKUBO
Sculptural figures of Kyoko Okubo is a traditional Japanese paper" washi"
Kyoko Okubo, Tokyo – based artist and Creator of interesting miniature sculptures from traditional Japanese paper" washi". Making your dolls, the sculptor pays great attention to detail that has similarities with traditional masters- artisans. Little detailed and realistic figures defy the imagination.
All sculptures of Kyoko Okubo is unique in that they are made of paper" washi". Traditionally, this type of paper is used for writing and painting, books printing and greeting cards, and also used in decorative-прикладном the art for the manufacture of lanterns, fans, umbrellas, dolls and toys. Paper tough and durable. It is this material chose a Japanese artist to create sculptures-куколок.
Among the miniature sculptures of Kyoko Okubo lot of figurines depicting women, whose height does not exceed 12 inches. The Japanese master has recreated a series of works that represent the girls that keep baby seals, rabbits and other small animals. Sometimes, a girl dressed only in your underwear, sometimes its apparel closes and the animal that is on the hands, embracing and protecting it from all over the world. The close relationship between animal and man is very interesting and curious. Okubo explains that his work tries to show a very close and friendly relations between the world of people and our smaller brethren.
As a child, Kyoko Okubo experimented with paper" washi",but she"s not professionally taught to create dolls , she"s an artist-самоучка. Now when she"s almost thirty, she lives and works in Tokyo. Kyoko Okubo and began to produce his miniature sculptures 10 years ago. She says she only creates figures of girls and animals, because these figures @ - a symbolic self-portraits that Express her deep feelings for nature.
Her paper sculpture as illustration to the book of fairy tales, they tell us stories that are happening in another world.
Source: https://kulturologia.EN/blogs/270409/10988/
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