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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Paddy Field Art

Stunning crop art has sprung up across rice fields in Japan.
But this is no alien creation - the designs have been cleverly planted. Farmers creating the huge displays use no ink or dye.
Instead, different colours of rice plants have been precisely and strategically arranged and grown in the paddy fields.
As summer progresses and the plants shoot up, the detailed artwork begins to emerge.



Closer to the image, the careful placement of thousands of rice plants in the paddy fields can be seen

The different varieties of rice plant grow alongside each other to create the masterpieces.


2006

2005

2002

Yonezawa, Yamagata prefecture, 2007

Yonezawa, Yamagata prefecture, 2006

Nishio, Aichi prefecture (2005, 2006)

13 comments:

  1. Wow, amazing! I have an award waiting for you ;-)

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  2. LOL, I knew I loved rice for a reason! ;-)

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  3. That is amazing!!! Thanks for sharing! :)

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  4. BESTEST BUDDDDDDDDY I MISSSSSSSSSSSSSSED YOU!

    So awesome to be back!

    Loved this post.. how many favorites do I have now? LOL.

    WOW.I LOVE THIS SO CREATIVE!

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  5. Stunning! I can only imagine the vision it takes to create something on such a grand scale and then to have to wait for your artwork to 'grow.'

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  6. To be able to see it REAL would e just wonderful! Amazing art. Out of this world!

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  7. I love field art, it's always amazing to me! The pictures are awesome!

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  8. How absolutely incredible! The patience they must have!!!

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  9. These are AMAZING! I can't believe I've never heard of this before.

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  10. wow...truly amazing..

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