Everyone should be familiar with Japans "multi-layered gift packaging"! That is, the packaging box must be wrapped with a layer of wrapping paper first, and then there must be a layer of tissue paper outside the wrapping paper, and another layer outside the tissue paper. layer of cellophane, and finally tied with a ribbon, and you're done. At first glance, ribbons seem to be the last and most minute part of packaging, but in the eyes of artists Baku Maeda and Toru Yoshikawa, ribbons are the most ordinary yet most extraordinary creative material!
The company they founded, Ribbonesia, has been creating creations with ribbons and is now in its seventh year. In the recently launched exhibition Murmur, Ribbonesia uses ribbons to create various animals and sea creatures. Just like a painting usually requires hundreds of strokes, these ribbon creations are also composed of hundreds of ribbons. The ribbons are either twisted, folded, or woven in a staggered manner, which fully utilizes the tension of the ribbon itself and its reflection under the light.
Although each piece of work is colorful, it does not forget to highlight the protagonist. It seems that in the world of flowers, you can still find the most eye-catching flower.
Murmur is currently on display at (Place) by method gallery in Shibuya, Japan until July 8th. Ribbonesia also plans to re-launch ribbons later this yearA series of brooches and wearable products. In this series of works, the designer simply uses a few ribbons to weave cute animals one after another. There are no complicated colors or redundant decorations. All Returning to the simplicity of the animal world, so...let us look forward to it together!
