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You may look at an empty candy box or ramen package and think of it as nothing more than trash - not Japanese artist Harukiru, though. The talented creator is able to repurpose packaging from used products and create true works of art!

If this type of art sounds familiar to you, you may have heard of “kirigami” (not to be confused with “origami”), which dates back to the seventh century. Rather than manipulating a single sheet of paper by folding, kirigami also involves cutting, which opens up a lot more creative possibilities.

Check out some of Harukiru’s newest creations below. If you’d like to see more, check out our previous posts about the artist: here, here, and here.

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A Japanese Artist Gives Food Packages A Second Life By Turning Them Into Works Of Art (20 New Pics)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG this is cute, the bird outside its cage, with toys to play with, eventually the artist has birds herself??? Er I think it´s a woman. Please tell me if I´m wrong. But such art is usually rather made by a woman than by a man.

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A Japanese Artist Gives Food Packages A Second Life By Turning Them Into Works Of Art (20 New Pics)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great idea, but the artist must´ve eaten a lot of such curries or whatever the food was.

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A Japanese Artist Gives Food Packages A Second Life By Turning Them Into Works Of Art (20 New Pics)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now this is creative, here´s what to do with packages if you can´t recycle them.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

wow, using the barcode as the piano keys is such a clever usage of patternation! all of these are just so beautiful and clever!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mmmm....Pocky...love those things... But now I want about 5 boxes ...

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