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Haunting Driftwood Sculptures By Japanese Artist Nagato Iwasaki
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Haunting Driftwood Sculptures By Japanese Artist Nagato Iwasaki

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Nagato Iwasaki is one of those artists you don’t know much about. But his art talks for itself.

The Japan-based artist creates incredible driftwood sculptures. Each of his human-shaped figures can both mesmerize and scare you. The artist manages to create an uneasy feeling using nothing but wood and you can be sure, that if you’d stumble upon one of these sculptures at night, you’d go sleepless for days.

More info: nagato-iwasaki.com | Facebook

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In 2014, Vaiva finished her university studies and was proudly presented with a Communication degree. Since then, she has gained experience in journalism, creative writing, and public relations. Vaiva has been working for Bored Panda since 2016 and has extensive knowledge of Internet lore. She loves cats, tattoos, listening to BTS, and sleeping.

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Vaiva Vareikaite

Vaiva Vareikaite

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In 2014, Vaiva finished her university studies and was proudly presented with a Communication degree. Since then, she has gained experience in journalism, creative writing, and public relations. Vaiva has been working for Bored Panda since 2016 and has extensive knowledge of Internet lore. She loves cats, tattoos, listening to BTS, and sleeping.

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varwenea
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They are really cool, but if I had suddenly encountered these, they might scare the s**t out of me. Somewhere between alien invaders to sucked-dry corpses...

jacluckycat
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's pretty cool how closely the wood resembles musculature. Creepy and cool.

Olga Mest
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Beautiful and very talented work. I don't find them scary, maybe a tad melancholic.

Lord Aero
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hide and seek in the woods at night and run in to a bunch of these, later Breaking News... forest fire forces dozens of people from surrounding homes...

Robyn Richards
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Beautiful. I would love to populate the meadow outside my house with them.

wayne Sincock
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Absolutely stunning .. World class sculpture .. My new legend ..

Willie Simpson
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very Skilled Creativity; it would be great to know about his life and thoughts behind the art expressions

Rifqi Harahap
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

other than creepy its amazing how these sculptures able to support its own weight

Kasia Polkowska
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love how they are set in the woods, among the live trees, giving the impression of living people yet being made of dead wood. Stumbling among them on a hike would be something else!

Lucia Lintnerová
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

heh, been a while since I had some fine nightmares ... they look like eerie faeries or spirits

Marcin Michalski
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Theese fantastic sculptures makes me fear. It looks like from Hannibal movie (with Mikelsen). Congrats

guess
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

tbh these aren't really haunting to me (besides the ones whose bodies have been torn apart, NO THANKS TMT), They're really beautiful...

Emre
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

nice sculptures and really scary. I'd go nuts even if I saw them in the daylight

varwenea
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They are really cool, but if I had suddenly encountered these, they might scare the s**t out of me. Somewhere between alien invaders to sucked-dry corpses...

jacluckycat
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's pretty cool how closely the wood resembles musculature. Creepy and cool.

Olga Mest
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Beautiful and very talented work. I don't find them scary, maybe a tad melancholic.

Lord Aero
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hide and seek in the woods at night and run in to a bunch of these, later Breaking News... forest fire forces dozens of people from surrounding homes...

Robyn Richards
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Beautiful. I would love to populate the meadow outside my house with them.

wayne Sincock
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Absolutely stunning .. World class sculpture .. My new legend ..

Willie Simpson
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very Skilled Creativity; it would be great to know about his life and thoughts behind the art expressions

Rifqi Harahap
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

other than creepy its amazing how these sculptures able to support its own weight

Kasia Polkowska
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love how they are set in the woods, among the live trees, giving the impression of living people yet being made of dead wood. Stumbling among them on a hike would be something else!

Lucia Lintnerová
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

heh, been a while since I had some fine nightmares ... they look like eerie faeries or spirits

Marcin Michalski
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Theese fantastic sculptures makes me fear. It looks like from Hannibal movie (with Mikelsen). Congrats

guess
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

tbh these aren't really haunting to me (besides the ones whose bodies have been torn apart, NO THANKS TMT), They're really beautiful...

Emre
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

nice sculptures and really scary. I'd go nuts even if I saw them in the daylight

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