Did you ever blow on dandelions as a child?
The Kyoto-based creative pays homage to the humble dandelion with his incredible metal sculptures.
To begin, the artist walks around his neighborhood in search of the weeds in yards or sidewalk cracks.
He then heads back to his studio to begin recreating the delicate botanicals in metal.
His metal leaves feature thin veins, and petals appear to delicately curl up at the ends.
Even the tiny seeds look as though they could float away.
Depending on the sculptures final design, more than a hundred individual metal parts are brazed and assembled.
Suzuki colors his sculptures using chemical processes such as rusting, sulfurization, and oxidation.
The results create elements that look just like their real counterparts.
Suzuki doesnt only create dandelion sculptures; he produces all kinds of botanicals in metal.
Flowers bloom, and from full bloom, they quickly bud, leaf, color, and wither.
Check out Suzukis striking flower sculptures below and find more of his work on hiswebsite.
Artist Shota Suzuki captures the underrated beauty of dandelions with his incredible metal sculptures.
Each individual element is cut from bass, copper, or silver.
Suzuki colors his sculptures using chemical processes such as rusting, sulfurization, and oxidation.
The artist hopes his life-like sculptures will encourage people to appreciate plants on the roadside.
When he’s not sculpting dandelions, Suzuki creates works inspired by other flowers and leaves.
