Yuken Teruya, born in Okinawa, Japan, is a New York based artist that is known for his intricate craft techniques using ordinary objects such as shopping bags, toilet paper rolls, cereal boxes, newspapers, and cardboard boxes. Teruya cautiously carves natural designs, such as trees, from real urban landscapes he observes before carefully pushing the designs through.
Poppy Talk sums up Teruya's art and what it encompasses perfectly by saying that
"a tree makes a bag, the bag makes a tree; turning an ordinary object into something so captivating; looking beyond traditional materials for art-making."
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| [pizza boxes] |
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| [newspaper sprouts] |
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| [designer bags and fast food bags] |
Teruya definitely personifies the saying, "One's man trash is another man's treasure." His ability to transform items, that would normally be labeled as trash, into beautiful and delicate works of art is a reminder that beauty can be found and made from essentially anything. I personally love his toilet paper roll art and would totally mount some on my wall!
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| [toilet paper roll woodpecker] |
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| [toilet paper roll corner forest] |
If you're ever in the New York area, I urge you to look up and check out Yuken Teruya's artwork.
Love it! Especially the toilet paper art. So creative!
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