Tokyo-based textile artist Mana Morimoto bases her entire career solely on creating out-of-the-ordinary compositions that have to do with the careful arranging and integration of embroidered laser art threads in pictures.
Morimoto’s style is aesthetically quirky and extremely colorful with wide use of colorful threads; some of her designs include Japanese geishas shooting embroidered laser beams out of their eyes, ears, nose and mouth. Some are crazy and psychedelic, like putting laser beam embroidery on CD cases, cinema tickets, even going as far as embroidering Mount Rushmore’s presidents, shooting laser beams out of their eyes.
She uses a mixture of black and white photography to offset the colorful embroideries to create extremely eye-catching compositions. On talking about her process and her aesthetic, Morimoto says, "I like the idea of using both digital and analog tools in my work […] The color compositions become more three-dimension and vivid […]"
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Trend Themes
1. Embroidered Laser Art - Opportunity for artists to create unique and visually stunning compositions by integrating laser art threads in embroidery.
2. Colorful Thread Embroidery - Growing trend in textile art with vibrant and eye-catching compositions using a wide variety of colorful threads.
3. Mixture of Digital and Analog Tools - Increasing interest in combining digital and analog techniques to create three-dimensional and vivid art compositions.
Industry Implications
1. Textile Art - Disruptive innovation opportunity for textile artists to incorporate embroidered laser art threads in their creations, offering unique and visually stunning pieces.
2. Photography - Incorporation of black and white photography in conjunction with colorful thread embroidery presents an opportunity for innovative and eye-catching photographic compositions.
3. Art and Design - Increased adoption of both digital and analog tools in the art creation process opens doors for disruptive innovation in creating more vibrant and three-dimensional artwork.