The Amazing Stone Sculptures Of Hirotoshi Itoh

Good morning, afternoon and evening ATS --

I stumbled across this photo gallery of amazing stone sculptures by a Japanese artist named Hirotoshi Itoh.

Hirotoshi Itoh graduated from Tokyo National Fine Arts University in 1982 and later went into his family business as a stonemason. He spent several years working with metal before turning his attention to stones. He utilizes stones found in a river bank near his home, to create sculptures that juxtapose the original shape and hardness of the material with surprising humor and texture.

The attention to detail is mind-blowing. Enjoy!!










































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Have a great day guys and gals

Incredible ! i hope annoying orange would have a zipper too..

Thank you for sharing !

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But on a lighter note, this is some pretty amazing artwork Nice!

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Amazing sculptures! There are no limits to the creative mind. Some bordered on disturbing, making them even more amazing as far as I'm concerned.

The ones with teeth and eyeballs went off the chart for me.

Thank you for finding this treasure trove of eye candy...

Des

a reply to: iamhobo

Thanks for posting these. I really like this this type of art and I don't get a chance to see many sculptures like these. I'm so glad that when people find something unusual like this post it for the rest of us to enjoy also. Star for you!

Thanks for sharing. That's some great work.

Those are FANTASTIC!

I'm so totally wowed by these sculptures and I want one badly (or probably more correctly, want to try and create one myself).

I agree with Johnny that it makes me want to own one. What creativity is displayed, and with rock no less. I just love stuff like that. Thanks, OP. That was really great.

Wow he really likes zippers!!

Repetitive but cool.

when I lived in japan hiroshi san exhibited his works at a local cultural fair. I took some photos of the teeth rock up close.
his works are spectacular!!

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The sweater one is really making my mind trip...I had to do a double take to make sure that it was stone

In the second link the Google images I saw two images of a Swiss army knife but with stone age tools, one image with the tools all extended, and one with it closed and they are held closed by a leather strap. not sure if this was the same guy but that was awesome I think he did make it you guys gotta see that it's pretty cool!

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Yeah he's done so many incredible things I just couldn't decide what to include!

Here's that swiss army knife...

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Its beautiful work yet dam creepy at the same time. For some reason they remind me of H R Giger's works, only in stone!

Absolute astonishing!

... The teeth !!

Not going to sleep well tonight!

I just know it !!