Wavy rice paper sculptures take place at Uwasekigata Park in Niigita Prefecture, Japan, as part of the 14th Wara Art Festival themed ‘Things that bring happiness’.
Every year the organizers work with Musashino Art University to make use of the unused straw from the harvest of rice.
Art students at the university take on the challenge of creating wooden structures which are then covered with bundles of rice grass.
While the works presented at last year’s festival were giant fear-inducing animals, this year’s approach is sweeter.
Two of the straw sculptures embodying happiness are on the one hand a ‘maneki-neko (nodding cat)’ which is a common symbol of good fortune and on the other, the depiction of a ‘qilin’, a creature of Chinese mythology said to wherever it passes brings happiness. Among them is the “sculpture” of a pine tree that symbolizes wisdom and longevity, reports the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency.
Although the 14th Wara Art Festival in Japan officially held on October 8, the ‘sculptures’ will remain at Uwasekigata Park until the end of the month.
Source: News Beast
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