Nagato iwasaki

Oh my goodness – can you even begin to imagine coming upon Nagato Iwasaki‘s Torso sculptures in the middle of...

Nagato Iwasaki

Nagato Iwasaki

Constructed from driftwood, the figurative sculptures of Nagato Iwasaki appear as ancient beings wandering through forests or curious museum-dwellers. The Japanese artist’s talents in composing posture and grace creates an eerily humanistic quality in the works, set apart from the rigid figurative pieces of his contemporaries. Elsewhere, Iwasaki crafts incomplete bodies that, given the material used, seem as though they may be growing or returning to the earth.

Nagato Iwasaki scours beaches for driftwood he can repurpose into lovely sculptures. Via Creative Boom, Iwasaki described how he started the project: I made several works of the human body…

Galloping Horses Made from Driftwood - by James Doran-Webb, a British artist currently base in the Philippines.

Nagato Iwasaki is one of those artists you don\'t know much about. But his art talks for itself. The Japan-based artist creates incredible driftwood sculptures. Each of his human-shaped figures can both mesmerize and scare you. The artist manages to create an uneasy feeling using nothing but wood and you can be sure, that if you\'d stumble upon one of these sculptures at night, you\'d go sleepless for days.More info: nagato-iwasaki.com | Facebook

The mesmerizing driftwood sculptures of Japanese artist Nagato Iwasaki. (rt text by @folkhorrormagpi)

Art has the extraordinary ability to evoke emotions and challenge our perceptions of beauty.