
Entre los fásmidos encontramos las especies más emblemáticas de fisonomías animales que imitan formas y texturas vegetales, y la mayor parte de especies que se denominan "insecto hoja" pertenecen a este grupo, aunque sin duda muchas langostas y saltamontes, y prácticamente todas las mantis religiosas adoptan formas anatómicas dispares pero que coinciden en emular brotes vegetales, flores y hojas. Ignoro si tal premisa sirve de inspiración a Baku Maeda, pero, en todo caso, lo que hace con su fauna a partir de hojas es justamente lo opuesto: disfrazar hojas con apariencias animales. No deja de ser curioso. Por eso he creído oportuno ofreceros unos cuantos animales hoja antes de mostraros un extracto de las entradas de COLOSSAL dedicadas a las hojas animal de Maeda y a las hojas recortadas de Lorenzo Durán.
Aparte de fásmidos, saltamontes, mantis religiosas y otros insectos hoja, nuestra particular simpatía por los geckos nos obliga a recordaros la fascinante presencia del gecko hoja:
Y, desde luego, no estaría nada bien que nos olvidásemos del pez hoja:
http://bakumaeda.tumblr.com/
http://bakumaeda.tumblr.com/post/100565723949/leaf-beast-artist-baku-maeda-material
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/11/leaf-beasts/
Leaf Beasts: Simple Animal Sculptures Cut from Dried Magnolia Leavesby Christopher Jobson on November 3







Leaf Beast is a recent project by freelance illustrator and artist Baku Maeda that seemingly brings dead leaves back to life. Maeda took advantage of the warped shape and veiny structure of dried magnolia leaves and made only minimal cuts to create each piece. See Part I and Part II. (via Laughing Squid, Lustik)
http://www.lorenzomanuelduran.es/
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/09/new-cut-away-leaf-art-by-lorenzo-duran/
New Cut-Away Leaf Art by Lorenzo Duránby Christopher Jobson on September 7, 2012






Artist Lorenzo Durán lives and works in Guadalajara, Spain where for the last four years he’s focused primarily on cutting intricate illustrations from dried leaves. He often depicts animals and insects as shown above, but has explored a wide variety of geometric patterns and also does custom work on request. (via fer1972)
No hay comentarios:
Publicar un comentario