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says. “Our mission was to give an impression and
an impact to people by showing them something
they have never seen.”
To create the pieces, Azuma and his team folded
each leaf by hand. “I am guessing that more than
300 people were involved in the construction,” he
says. “It is a huge artwork with a big volume. We
needed an enormous number of leaf parts. Since
each leaf was folded by hand, it was truly a work
of people who supported [my idea].”
The team used several leaves, including castiron plant, danae, liriope, dracaena and black leaf,
creating patterns by folding them in a multitude
of ways. Nearly 20 varieties of leaves were used to
create the piece in the main entrance of the store.
More than 300 people
worked on the Isetan
installations, folding each
leaf by hand.
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