Japanese Artist’s Life-Like Mosquitoes Are Made Completely Out of Paper

Japanese Artist’s Life-Like Mosquitoes Are Made Completely Out of Paper
Bryan Ke
August 10, 2018
Meet Masanobu Azami, a Japanese artist who
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Masanobu, who also goes by the name Scissorhands online, creates realistic paper art using his remarkable paper folding techniques.
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The artist is famous for his intricately designed paper artworks such as this dinosaur skeleton.
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He is also known for creating incredibly small art like butterflies.
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But the smallest piece he’s ever done is a real-sized mosquito, specifically the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), with its white stripes on its body and legs, Grapee reported.
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The Asian tiger mosquito is known for carrying several potentially lethal diseases such as the encephalitis and dengue fever.
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Scissorhands also creates models of smashed mosquitoes complete with blood splattered around its carcass.
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Follow Scissorhands’ Twitter to see more of his artwork.
Featured Image via Twitter / salvare035
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