It sometimes happens that I come across an interesting artist, but I am unsuccessful in my efforts to find out anything about them. This is one of those times. When my friend JD sent me these leaf cuttings, I knew I had to share them. I did learn that the Japanese artist has ADHD, but he uses his disorder to inspire him rather than letting it get him down.
“Making positive use of the biased concentration and stiffness caused by my own ADHD (developmental disorder), I am making cutout works using leaves every day.”
– Lito Leaf Art to Plethorist
You can follow Lito Leaf Art on Instagram and Twitter.
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September 23, 2020 at 7:09 am
These are so beautiful! But they’ll wither and die. 😦
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September 23, 2020 at 3:23 pm
That’s true, but maybe their ephemeral quality adds to their appeal…
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September 23, 2020 at 7:32 pm
I guess that’s true of flowers as well. I wonder if you could press leaf art?
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September 23, 2020 at 11:32 pm
Maybe!
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September 23, 2020 at 7:30 am
I do wonder how they could be preserved. Surely there is . Just goes to show you art is where you find it.
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September 23, 2020 at 3:23 pm
It’s a neat idea, isn’t it? I imagine you could encase them in some kind of resin to preserve them.
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September 23, 2020 at 7:56 am
Amazing
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September 23, 2020 at 8:24 am
This reminded me of “Big” where Tom Hanks eats that itty bitty corn as if it were a big corn on the cob. Could you picture some caterpillar chewing out this beautiful design? Oh, the talent of some people!
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September 23, 2020 at 3:24 pm
What a fun mental image!
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September 23, 2020 at 8:36 am
I agree, I hope there is a way to preserve them. They are beautiful. I am not 100% sure those are real leaves, Been fooled before. Look at each one of them. A few of them have a much larger area on one side of the centerline than the other. Most leaves have the same size on each side of the center line. OK, I could be dead wrong. Hal
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September 23, 2020 at 3:26 pm
I couldn’t say, but according to the internet, asymmetry in leaves is a thing:
https://www.houzz.com/discussions/3684988/asymmetrical-leaves
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September 23, 2020 at 10:48 am
I love the transient nature of this art. It reminds me of a sand painting – incredible beauty that is meant to bring joy, but also remind us of the impermanence of everything. Beautiful!
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September 23, 2020 at 3:28 pm
Yes! This is what they said to me, too.
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September 23, 2020 at 2:08 pm
These are charming and impressive. I don’t think I have the manual dexterity to manage such tiny and precise cuts on paper let alone on something as fragile and unforgiving as a leaf.
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September 23, 2020 at 3:29 pm
I’m pretty sure my efforts would look like they’d been chomped on by a mildly artistic bug.
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September 23, 2020 at 4:29 pm
Mine would look like a grizzly bear had used it to wipe its arse.
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September 23, 2020 at 5:20 pm
You win.
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September 24, 2020 at 6:28 am
Ha ha!
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