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Just amazing. When I see fallen petals, I am reminded, even as they fade, they are feeding that which made them.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2021/03/motoi-yamamoto-salt-cherry-blossoms/
100,000 Cherry Blossoms Made of Salt Scatter Across the Floor of Setouchi City Museum of Art — Colossal
Sprawling across a bright red floor at Setouchi City Museum of Art is Motoi Yamamoto’s sweeping installation of 100,000 cherry blossoms. Using a small, petal stencil and poured salt, the Kanazawa-based artist meticulously laid a mass of mineral-based buds during the course of 55 hours and nine days. Constructed radially, “Sakura Shibefuru,” or “Falling Cherry Petals” mimics the natural patterns formed around trees after the blossoms drop and end their life cycle each spring, a process Yamamoto (previously) says informed much of the work: When the red-purple buds fall, for many people, this is also the time when they lose interest due to the flower season being over. More