Home Sweet Home – Minami Kawasaki
At the National Art Center I found this wonderful grouping by talented Minami Kawasaki, 川崎みなみ (what a fantastic name!), of Joshibi University of Art and Design (女子美術大学). Three wonderfully cute little puppies in felt. Called “Home Sweet Home” I guess this grouping is dangerously close to the uncanny valley for some people but one of the things I have noticed about living in Japan is that you get less sensitive to it. Felt as an artistic medium seems to be on the rise as well, every year I see more and more of it. I couldn’t find anything about Ms. Kawasaki online, again it’s my western perspective but it feels strange that young artists in Japan don’t do more to promote themselves!
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Amazing… I want puppies…
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Haha… that feeling stirred in me too! (^-^)
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Ohhh so cute!
They look so real…
I want them all XD
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Thanks Lili! Yes, they are so really as to be uncanny almost… (^-^;)
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Wow! Cute 🙂
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Thanks! They sure are! (^-^)
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Cute…and slightly creepy, don’t you think? I’m totally in awe of what the artist can do with felt, though. This piece really raises the craft to an art.
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Absolutely well in there in the uncanny valley! (^-^;) I agree. I don’t even see the felt, the representation is so real I don’t notice the material anymore! Weird…
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The first thing I have in mind, that something so simple can be so life-like.
The second thing is the contrary, the little puppy with open eyes has no light in his eyes, so it remains a doll 😐
Btw, the one with the smile is my favourite.
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I think a better lighting set up would have produced a bit of light in his eyes… (^-^;) Still, to me they are so lifelike it’s almost scary… (^-^;)
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How lovely. It’s amazing how materials like felt can be used to make such quality and realistic art.
I’d love to see more of this kind of stuff ^_^
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Absolutely! Did you see the felt cats I posted last year? Amazing stuff. Felt is really taking off recently!
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Wow wow wow wow wow. Thank you so much for sharing this. They are simply too adorable. What talent!
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Thanks Lissa! Glad you liked it! (^-^)
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I had to read the sentence stating that the puppies are made from felt several times before my brain excepted it as fact. Amazing work!
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Thank you Jennifer! I totally agree. I was really up close as well, but it was hard to get that they weren’t real!
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Compartilhando…
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the dogs look so REAL…
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They really did, it was almost scary to walk past them! (^-^;)
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Congratulations. Wonderful work. I’m writing from Caracas-Venezuela (South America) where actually I am doing search for my Magister thesis about The simbolism of the dog in the history of art. I wander if someone can put me in touch with Minami Kawasaki. Thanks. Juan Lorenzo Hernandez
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Uncanny valley, indeed, yet quite adorable, too!
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They sure are!
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