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origami shadow faces

Check out this extraordinary piece by shadow artist Kumi Yamashita created for the American Express office lobby in Tribeca, New York. Kumi asked American Express employees to take a photo of their profile and selected 22 images for the wall installation. Using carefully creased origami paper and a single light source, she effectively sculpted shadow to reveal the profiles on the wall. The power of light, colour and paper never ceases to astound me…

(spotted on my modern met)

POSTED ON June 20, 2012

LABELS: art, artists & designers, many colours, paper, print & ink   3 Comments   Tweet This

3 comments

Crystle
June 24, 2012 at 9:06 pm


This is absolutely stunning. I am blown away!

Carolyn
November 8, 2012 at 2:25 pm


How clever. A very talented artist!

Nickole
February 14, 2013 at 9:43 am


Wow! This is so good!

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