Looking at this wood-carved doll with no limbs and a relatively large head, do you think of the traditional Japanese craft "kokeshi"? Kokeshi is a wood from the Tohoku region of Japan. Making dolls symbolizes blessings. Although it is true that the shape can be directly associated with it, it seems that the modeling on the doll has been seen somewhere...
This series of works is from the hand of British artist Becky Kemp. He likes Japanese culture very much. He combined it with Nordic simple style to create Kokeshi looks like celebrities from all over the world. Have you ever thought about which celebrity this is? That’s right! It’s the famous Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama!
Kokeshi is drawn using only simple lines. It is definitely not easy to clearly show the characteristics of each celebrity, but Becky Kemp has successfully done it! Lets continue to see which celebrities will also appear. In this series of his works!
With half an ear missing and the classic work "Sunflower", it must be Van Gogh! Even if it becomes a Q-version wooden doll, you can still recognize it immediately!
There is also Coco Chanel, the founder of the classic brand CHANEL. This series of works not only artists, but fashion celebrities have also been transformed into cute kokeshi under Becky Kemp’s skillful hands!
There are more classic characters waiting for everyone to guess!
Isn’t it interesting? It turns out that the JapaneseTraditional wooden dolls, with celebrities as the theme, can also be transformed into a series of works with completely different styles through modern minimalist style drawing!
