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This Artist Creates Mind-Blowing Balloon Animal Sculptures
Bored Panda highlighted the work of Japanese artist Masayoshi Matsumoto two years ago when he first came on to the art scene, but now that his work has grown, more outlets are taking a closer look at Matsumoto’s unique art style.
“I started making these seven years ago, I was really inspired by wildlife pictures and wanted to see if I could create realistic animals of my own,” he told Metro.
Matsumoto creates surprisingly intricate animals from balloons with the same kind of long, skinny balloons that clowns use at children’s birthday parties. But his work doesn’t quite look like a quickly contorted dog or sword you’d see at a carnival. By taking colored balloons that match the creature he’s trying to make, Matsumoto somehow spins and folds the latex into anything from a phoenix to a hermit crab.
Without using any glue or any other supplements to create the balloon sculptures, 26-year-old Matsumoto is able to present his fans who follow his Twitter or Tumblr with new creations. Lately, he’s been focusing on insects. Who knew that a cicada larva could look so impressive in balloon animal form? And how is he able to make a louse look almost beautiful? His work is truly mind-boggling.
バルーンで蝉の幼虫 #balloonart #バルーンアート #cicada #larva pic.twitter.com/yIbTahSKXV
— Masayoshi Matsumoto (@isopresso) May 21, 2017
バルーンでヒヨケムシ #balloonart #camelspider #バルーンアート #世界三大奇虫 pic.twitter.com/k6n4pIez8H
— Masayoshi Matsumoto (@isopresso) June 4, 2017
さっきアップしたバルーンハエトリグモ、野外で撮影するとかなり恐ろしい絵になります。猫くらいなら普通に襲いそう( ´・ᴗ・` ) #バルーンアート #balloonart pic.twitter.com/Q3chfqkbnL
— Masayoshi Matsumoto (@isopresso) May 7, 2017
バルーンでシラミ #balloonart #louse pic.twitter.com/h0Uhc8nvxO
— Masayoshi Matsumoto (@isopresso) April 1, 2017
バルーンでヒクイドリ #balloonart #cassowary pic.twitter.com/97jUlYtjz9
— Masayoshi Matsumoto (@isopresso) March 5, 2017
バルーンでテングザル #balloonart #ProboscisMonkey pic.twitter.com/KM9d5CW0WW
— Masayoshi Matsumoto (@isopresso) February 4, 2017
バルーンでオオミズアオ #balloonart #LunaMoth pic.twitter.com/R54dCIM6XE
— Masayoshi Matsumoto (@isopresso) August 14, 2016
バルーンでランチュウ #balloonart #goldfish #ranchu pic.twitter.com/N0VSGtfst6
— Masayoshi Matsumoto (@isopresso) July 3, 2016
バルーンでフェニックスを作ったよ!! pic.twitter.com/FcZOjhK48j
— Masayoshi Matsumoto (@isopresso) January 2, 2016
ヤドカリ(脚を少し改良) pic.twitter.com/OJw32AgkfD
— Masayoshi Matsumoto (@isopresso) November 8, 2015