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December 14, 2020
Grace Ebert
All pictures © Jumpei Mitsui, shared with permission
Japan-based artist Jumpei Mitsui is considered one of simply 21 LEGO Licensed Professionals on the earth—this implies his full-time job is to create artworks with the plastic constructing blocks—and is the youngest of the famend group. He’s fulfilled this title most lately with a sculptural recreation of Katsushika Hokusai’s “The Nice Wave off Kanagawa.” In the course of the course of 400 hours, Mitsui snapped collectively 50,000 cobalt and white LEGO into an undulating wave that mimics the unique woodblock print.
To recreate this iconic work in three-dimensions, Mitsui studied movies of waves crashing and pored over educational papers on the subject. He then sketched a detailed model earlier than assembling the textured water, three boats, and Mount Fuji that span greater than 5 ft.
When you’re in Osaka, Mitsui’s wave is on view completely on the Hankyu Brick Museum. In any other case, discover a decade’s value of the artist’s LEGO tutorials on YouTube, and observe his work on Twitter and Instagram. (through Spoon & Tamago)
レゴで作った「富嶽三十六景 神奈川沖浪裏」を動画で撮ってみました。絵の登場人物の目線で楽しむことができます。 pic.twitter.com/V8TTIJ8l2D
— 三井淳平 / Jumpei Mitsui (@Jumpei_Mitsui) December 12, 2020
#artwork historical past
#Lego
#sculpture
#water
#waves
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