{"id":683,"date":"2013-08-15T19:04:51","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T19:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2013\/08\/15\/likeafieldmouse-iori-tomita-new-world\/"},"modified":"2017-07-09T20:39:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T20:39:00","slug":"likeafieldmouse-iori-tomita-new-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/08\/15\/likeafieldmouse-iori-tomita-new-world\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n

likeafieldmouse<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Iori Tomita<\/a>\u00a0– New World Transparent Specimens<\/em> (2005-)<\/p>\n

Fisherman-turned-artist in Yokohama City, Japan,\u00a0Tomita\u00a0creates art using the skeletons of various dead marine specimens, which he preserves and then colors with bright shades of dye<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The process strips down each creature to the toughest parts of its remains and Tomita has dyed more than 5,000 dead creatures since 2005, which is amazing, considering each piece takes at least a few weeks to complete, and some up to a year.<\/p>\n

“Although these are just transparent specimens, they\u2019re filled with the drama of organisms which I have so much love for. I want people to enjoy the beauty of life, treat life with respect and understand that there is drama happening that is not centered on themselves when they look at the specimens.\u00a0These specimens which you see here are actually animals that have died for some some reason or whose carcasses were discarded from pet shops or fishermen. I use those animals which passed away and repurpose them.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

likeafieldmouse: Iori Tomita\u00a0– New World Transparent Specimens (2005-) Fisherman-turned-artist in Yokohama City, Japan,\u00a0Tomita\u00a0creates art using the skeletons of various dead marine specimens, which he preserves and then colors with bright shades of dye. The process strips down each creature to the toughest parts of its remains and Tomita has dyed more than 5,000 dead creatures […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-video_graphics","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-b1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3673,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/14\/dhivehi-an-independent-autopsy-in-sri-lanka-has\/","url_meta":{"origin":683,"position":0},"title":"dhivehi: An independent autopsy in\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"March 14, 2011","format":"gallery","excerpt":"dhivehi: An independent autopsy in Sri Lanka has found no sign of torture on the body of a Maldives opposition supporter whose death sparked protests.Hussain Salah\u2019s body was found near the capital, Male, a week ago.The opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) said Mr Salah had been killed in police custody.The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monochromist.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/tumblr_li15h06tbn1qze0hjo1_1280-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2406,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2012\/06\/06\/colors-blend-2005\/","url_meta":{"origin":683,"position":1},"title":"colors blend \/ 2005","author":"monochromist","date":"June 6, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201c two different colors, coming within orbit of each other, exerting forces, emitting their color. each (may or may not) gives and receives some of their own color. mixing. thereby changing their hue\/saturation. sometimes only a bit is changed. othertimes changes to a totally different color. or takes on the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2905,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2012\/03\/04\/dhivehi-bavana-drama-on-high-seas-how-1988\/","url_meta":{"origin":683,"position":2},"title":"dhivehi bavana: Drama on high seas: How 1988 Maldives coup leaders were held","author":"monochromist","date":"March 4, 2012","format":"link","excerpt":"dhivehi bavana: Drama on high seas: How 1988 Maldives coup leaders were helddhivehi: 19 Feb, 2012, 09.01AM IST, Sushil Kumar, Operation Cactus, India\u2019s military intervention at the request of then President Gayoom of the Maldives in 1988, was a spontaneous response, swiftly executed. 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