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    Thinking out of the box: Japanese artist makes life-like cardboard sculptures

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    Thinking out of the box: Japanese artist makes life-like cardboard sculptures

    Her works include anime robots, models of tanks, fighter jets and a full McDonald's meal


    Published:  September 03, 2021 08:39 Reuters

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    Using a long pair of tweezers, Monami Ohno (pictured) delicately places tiny cardboard "scales" on the legs of her sculpture of Godzilla, the giant reptile from the classic Japanese movie. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Over the past decade, the Japanese artist has used the unlikely medium of cardboard to create artwork inspired by popular culture, from anime robots to models of tanks and fighter jets, a life-sized gun to a full McDonald's meal. |Above: Her cardboard sculptures are seen displayed at a gallery in Tokyo. Image Credit: Monami Ohno via REUTERS
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    It all started when the 29-year-old made a "bike-like thing" out of cardboard for a college assignment ten years ago. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    "When I first tried folding the paper, gluing and putting them together, the people around me praised me, saying things like 'Wow, you can make this,'," she said. "That made me so happy that I have continued doing this until now." Ohno's intricate sculptures have since gained popularity, with her work exhibited in galleries in Japan and overseas. Image Credit: Monami Ohno via REUTERS
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    Rather than relying on a precise blueprint, Ohno simply draws a rough sketch on the cardboard to get an idea of the measurements before cutting out the design and moulding it, using glue and sometimes a little water. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    "I make the things I would really like to decorate my house with," she said in her studio filled with her creations, including a child-sized Lego Batman sculpture. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    A McDonald's meal made out of cardboard by artist Monami Ohno is displayed at a Tokyo gallery. Image Credit: Monami Ohno via REUTERS
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    A cardboard sculpture of Godzilla is seen on the desk of artist Monami Ohno. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Ohno's commissioned pieces have sold for 100,000 yen ($909.42) to 1,500,000 Japanese yen, according to her press officer. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Although her art is entirely made from used cardboard boxes, Ohno said her work has no underlying environmental message. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    "Eventually if it makes that point, it would be nice if people can see my work, which is made out of cardboard and recycled materials rather than plastics, and realise that there are these kinds of people who are involved in recycling," she said. Image Credit: REUTERS

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