At First Glance,

it is a pleasing silhouette,

spider webs, grass, bare branches and insects surround a young woman in a black dress,

but look closely and you will discover the Japanese art form known as kirie, which we have featured before,

what makes the silhouette so different is that like all kirie it is made out of just one sheet of paper!

it is the work of artist Ayaka Chigira, a student at Musashino Arts University who created the piece as part of her graduating senior thesis exhibition, “Sukima ni tomeru” (meaning, to fasten the gap) is an elaborate portrait created by Ayaka Chigira and intricately cut from a single sheet of black paper. Even the strands of hair are individually cut and then braided together, creating a three-dimensional element within a largely two-dimensional canvas, Chigira, a graduating senior from Tokyo’s prestigious Musashino Art University, is presenting the piece as part of her graduating thesis exhibition. You can keep up with the artist on Twitter, if in these still lockdown times you are looking for a new hobby, have a look here at the beginners guide to kirie.