Webster’s Dictionary defines manufacturing as, “the process of making wares by hand or by machinery especially when carried on systematically with a division of labor.” While not undertaken in the traditional sense, Japanese artist Monami Ohno has nonetheless manufactured large works of art on a small scale—and the level of detail she puts into those works is nothing short of impressive.
Her medium of choice is Amazon corrugated cardboard boxes, which she uses to create an eclectic array of artworks ranging from automatic weapons to futuristic robots. What’s astounding is that she creates them with a level of detail normally only achieved by using precision machine tools. Except, in her case, they’re created using implements normally found in a desk drawer: scissors, box cutters, glue, masking tape, and rulers.