Yuken Teruya and the Beauty of the Everyday.
February 14, 2009 2:59 PM   Subscribe

How to make something beautiful out of...well, toilet paper. (Insert metaphor here.)

Artist Yuken Teruya specializes in carefully drawing the beauty out of everyday life and magnifying it for your delectation.
posted by teamparka (11 comments total) 4 users marked this as a favorite
 
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posted by Mblue at 3:34 PM on February 14, 2009


Peter Callesen is pretty much the Genghis Khan of this style.

See also Brian Dettmer for interesting book cutting.
posted by dgaicun at 3:41 PM on February 14, 2009 [3 favorites]


SO PRESHUSH :D but realy yeh good idea i might try too ^-^ heres more nice images of his work from a previous mefi post linking at teh saatchi
posted by muymuy at 4:53 PM on February 14, 2009


Wasn't toilet paper designed for delectation?
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 5:19 PM on February 14, 2009


So wait, is this Yuken like a leaf-cutter ant or something?
posted by orme at 5:26 PM on February 14, 2009


That looks to be the cardboard roll, not the paper...

A number of gentlemen that I work with are ex-convicts, and I have been duly advised that one can make acceptable dice out of toilet paper that has been soaked in water then dried out.

Obligatory Metafilter rejoinder: YES BUT THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL THEY ARE GOING TO BE REALLY TRUELY RANDOM!!11!!
posted by Tube at 6:44 PM on February 14, 2009 [1 favorite]


some people must have too much time on their hands...or is it just art?
posted by ghost32 at 9:21 AM on February 15, 2009


Please read the following line using the voice of Samuel L. Jackson.

English, muymuy! Do you speak it!?

You may now return to your normal speaking voice, unless you are in fact Samuel L. Jackson.
posted by ook at 10:34 AM on February 15, 2009


Hm - I know someone with a laser etcher / cutter who would like this. Thanks!
posted by Pronoiac at 1:32 PM on February 15, 2009


"some people must have too much time on their hands...or is it just art?"

I think it's a bit of both!! Cool stuff though! I really like the first roll.
posted by steve_in_la at 4:26 PM on February 15, 2009


Finally, I can use the term *white trash* without reservation.
posted by watercarrier at 6:38 AM on February 16, 2009


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