Iori Tomita, a former fisherman who now creates macabre works of art from dead marine specimens.
28-year-old Tomita uses scientific techniques of preserving and
dyeing, to transform dead fish into brightly-colored pieces of
art. Over 10 different chemicals are applied to each
specimen, which break down the muscle proteins, making it transparent
and revealing the skeleton. He then uses red and blue dyes to highlight
the hard and soft cartilage. It is a
complex eight-stage process which takes Tomita three months to a year to
complete, depending on the size of the animals he’s working with.
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