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3D Painting: Riusuke Fukahori, Almost Like a Human Makerbot

By Rain Noe - January 12, 2012

in Object Culture

This is nuts, and a little hard to understand at first: Japanese painter Riusuke Fukahori paints what appear to be three-dimensional fish floating in water. And while the objects he's creating are in fact three-dimensional, he builds them up two-dimensionally, creating successive layers that he seals in resin before adding the next layer on top of the last.

The end result is what you see in the photos here (captured by photographer Dominic Alves at Fukahori's recent show at London's ICN Gallery), and the first half of the video below shows Fukahori's process. (The second half is Fukahori working on a more conventional large-scale painting.)

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Linda Day

11 years ago

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This is the most beautiful gold fish I've ever seen. I love the deep dish, they look so real. Love this

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Sharon Turner

12 years ago

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His technique is the most original I've ever seen. I am very impressed - the fish look as if they could breathe. Does Mr. Fukahori sell his creations in the U.S. or in Japan? Does he teach this technique? Where did he learn to paint like this? I would like to see his work shown here in California.
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