Amazing Tiny Paper Sculptures Art by Makiko Azakami

Amazing Tiny Paper Sculptures Art by Makiko Azakami

All these amazing miniature sculptures are made by using the papers. Each sculpture sahpe is like a daily life objects, incrediblly compelete the design by the 30 year pratice of single woman her name is Makiko Azakami she lives and works in Tokyo, Japan.In 1985, while a staff artist at Sony Creative Products, Makiko Azakami snipped and pasted together a paper Godzilla. This beguiling creature motivated her to create more paper objects, and in a short time, what started out as a hobby became her career.

In addition to forty-one exhibitions, thirty-five of them solo shows, her creations have been featured in many books and articles on three-dimensional art. Her work has been used on numerous book jackets, magazine covers, fashion posters and billboards across Japan. With great humor and breathtaking dexterity Azakami turns the prosaic objects of everyday life into, as she puts it, "Paper Toys". Her first show in New York in 1991 was featured in The New York Times, New York Magazine and others.

Amazing Tiny Paper Sculptures Art by Makiko Azakami
azamaki had her first solo exhibition in 1985

Amazing Tiny Paper Sculptures Art by Makiko Azakami

her obsession began after she made a miniature godzilla as a gift for a friendAmazing Tiny Paper Sculptures Art by Makiko Azakami

‘i ♥ tools’ will be exhibited at hpgrp gallery in new york until october 13th, 2016.

azakami was influenced by australian sculptor ron mueck

‘i ♥ tools’ challenges our perception of established, over-familiar objects

Amazing Tiny Paper Sculptures Art by Makiko Azakami

while the size of the objects may prompt descriptors like ‘cute’, visitors should be wary of underestimating the work

Amazing Tiny Paper Sculptures Art by Makiko Azakami

the miniatures encourage the viewer to reconsider their relationship to the objects that populate their ever day lives

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