She Tightly Rolls Some Newspaper. When Camera Zooms Out?? Magic!

In Fuji city Shizuoka, there is a paper strip manufacturing plant that has a whole new life to it. The plant that was once operated by Chie Hitotsuyama’s Family is now an art studio.

Chie is an artist Born in Shizuoka, Japan. She attended the Department of Design at Tokyo Polytechnic University. Once graduated, she partnered with Tomiji Tamai to open the Hitotsumyama Studio were creativity is released.

Chie creates life-like animal sculptures by wetting and rolling strips of newspaper. She then uses these strips to create one of a kind, pieces of art. When you look at these realistic animal sculptures, you would never guess what they are made out of.

The shades and color of the news print add dimension and depth and the glossy eyes give an expression that brings the sculptures to life.

Chie has a passion for repurposing. From the manufacturing plant turned art studio, to newspaper turned sculpture, the cycle of life, death and rebirth inspires her.

“When a piece of paper is rolled up, it increases its strength, and by gluing together one by one and side by side, I can carefully form contours and curves with each single string. These single strings, collected together, consequently become the surface of an object.

“And eventually, a shape or a form of an object appears. Newspapers come out every day and at the same time, are thrown out every day.

“This cycle repeats rebirth and death whilst carrying our memories. This, I felt, is so similar to humans who also repeat their own histories and experience the cycles of life and death.

“My animal sculptures, made from an accumulation of newspapers, might perhaps be portraying ourselves and our lives, on many levels,” Chie Hitotsuyama said.

If you have enjoyed the art that Chie has created using discarded newspaper, take a minute to share her work with your friends and family using the social media buttons below. You never know who will be inspired to turn trash into treasure.

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