Chie Hitotsuyama: Newspaper Sculptures

For more than 10 years Japanese artist Chie Hitotsuyama has been creating a series of life size animal sculptures using old newspapers. The three-dimensional works include a rhinoceros, a walrus, an iguana, a couple of bisons and a group of snow monkeys. She makes them by tightly rolling, twisting, and binding pieces of wet newspaper. She even utilizes the colored print to produce stunning gradations.

Born in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1982, Chie graduated from the Department of Design at Tokyo Polytechnic University's Faculty of Arts in 2004. If you're in Tokyo, her work is part of an exhibition that's on view at Gallery Pause in Shinjuku until December 11, 2019. You can also keep up with Chie's work on Instagram.

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