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Japanese artist Motoi Yamamoto creates incredibly large and intricate artworks using a very unusual medium—salt.
Yamamoto first started working with salt after the death of his sister, in an effort to remember her. Salt is a traditional symbol of mourning and purification in Japan, and the throwing of salt over oneself during a funeral is seen as an act of cleansing.
His beautiful, labyrinthian art pieces have beauty that evoke peace and tranquillity but also something “ineffable, painful, and endless”.
Yamamoto said, “Drawing a labyrinth with salt is like following a trace of my memory. Memories seem to change and vanish as time goes by; however, what I seek is to capture a frozen moment that cannot be attained through pictures or writings,”
“What I look for at the end of the act of drawing could be a feeling of touching a precious memory.”
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[via Creative Visual Art and Mint Museum]
Japanese artist Motoi Yamamoto creates incredibly large and intricate artworks using a very unusual medium—salt.
Yamamoto first started working with salt after the death of his sister, in an effort to remember her. Salt is a traditional symbol of mourning and purification in Japan, and the throwing of salt over oneself during a funeral is seen as an act of cleansing.
His beautiful, labyrinthian art pieces have beauty that evoke peace and tranquillity but also something “ineffable, painful, and endless”.
Yamamoto said, “Drawing a labyrinth with salt is like following a trace of my memory. Memories seem to change and vanish as time goes by; however, what I seek is to capture a frozen moment that cannot be attained through pictures or writings,”
“What I look for at the end of the act of drawing could be a feeling of touching a precious memory.”
Click to watch the video below:
[via Creative Visual Art and Mint Museum]