ART: Kumi Yamashita



Credit Card Portraits – Bob (1993)
Japanese paper, graphite

  • "Almost everyone can remember in grade school art class placing paper over the face of a coin or some other textured object and rubbing it with crayon. I employed this same method using the subject’s personal (and expired!) credit card to create their portrait."




Someone Else's Mess (Series/1997)
Shoe prints on bed linens



Constellation – Erik (2007)
Wood panel, brads, single sewing thread

  • "This body of work consists of three simple materials that, when combined, produce the portraits: a wooden panel painted a solid white, thousands of small galvanized nails, and a single, unbroken, common sewing thread."



Warp & Weft – Mother (2007)
Blue denim

  • "Sometimes there is something beautiful about things falling apart. Undoing one thing while simultaneously creating another. Here I’ve taken regular denim material and removed portions of the weave to create the images."

Incredibly inventive artist. View more work here. [Check out the Light & Shadow series]