aDaigneault #2 Tsuchiya Yoshimasa

Yoshimasa Tsuchiya is a Japanese sculptor born in 1977. He has a doctorate in wood carving from the Tokyo University of the Arts. His subject matter explores folklore and mythical creatures and he often works roughly life size or you know whatever life size would be for a imaginary animal I guess.

ikkaku

2009

H22.5ｃｍ　W33ｃｍ　D19cm

hinoki cypress

ユニコーン

2010

h33cm w51cm d13cm

樟・彩色・水晶

子馬

2008年

H143ｃｍｘW134ｃｍxD49cm

樟、水晶、彩色

All of his sculptures are wood with a tiny bit of mixed media for detail and they give off a elegant and quiet (almost meloncholy??) feel. Although they appear delicate and fragile the fact that they're so big adds a intimidating or creepy aura to them.