Artist Manabu Kosaka builds hyper-detailed sculptures from paper alone

Manabu Kosaka is a sculptor who recreates everyday objects using nothing but paper. Each piece is assembled entirely by hand — cutting, shaping, and joining many small components over a long period until the material hardens into a solid, precisely detailed replica of its subject.

The portfolio highlights one representative work, ‘#256 [BCL Radio]’ (2022), a paper rendition of a radio measuring roughly 220 × 180 × 70 mm. The emphasis throughout is on repetition and precision as the technique that transforms a flimsy medium into convincing, rigid form.

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