Elaborate Art Created From Colored Rice

12/01/2009 | By Diana Adams

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I feature a lot of different types of art on Bit Rebels, and I always try to find the most unique creations out there. I look for the kind of artwork that will inspire us to open our minds and think in ways we may not have thought before.

This art below is going to completely blow your mind. Rice farmers in Japan have started planting their ancient rice in patterns so that when viewed from above, it creates stunning pictures.

There are even corporations that are paying the farmers to create commercial advertisements with their rice patterns. Some farmers rent out their entire field to a company and then hire an artist to come in and plant the rice. I think this artistic trend is the most creative one I’ve seen in a while. I can see how a farmer would get bored with corn paintings and crop circles, but to me, the precision and intricacy of this process challenges the talent of some of the most well known artists.

Once the rice is harvested, the artwork is gone.

According to http://pinktentacle.com, this 41 second time lapse video shows, “images captured daily from June 1 to July 3, 2008 via a roof webcam.” This will give you a feel for how this art evolves. It is a slow and deliberate process.

Author: Diana Adams

By day, Diana is the CEO/owner of Adams Consulting Group, Inc, a technology services and business solutions consultancy firm serving the specific needs of its clients in advertising and public relations. By night, she lives and breathes by writing. After publishing a small cookbook last year, she is now working on her new masterpiece, scheduled for publishing next year. “I could write all night long and not get tired of it. I think that is when you know you’ve tapped into a true passion. Whatever that thing may be, if you could do it all day or night long, lose track of time, ‘wake up’ ten hours later, and still thirst for more, that is a passion, and I feel like I’ve found that in my writing.” Diana also spends many hours each week assisting the homeless men and women in Atlanta. You can find her on Twitter at @adamsconsulting.

8 Comments

Richard Darell

December 1st, 2009

OMG, when i first saw these pictures I was so sure it was Photoshopped. But, then I saw the video. It’s amazing how much time people spend on something that can only bee seen fro the air. Great find Diana!

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Richard Laksana

December 1st, 2009

Wow what an amazing and beautiful arts.

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Joyce

December 1st, 2009

Wow! *speechless*

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@ItsMeAbe

December 1st, 2009

They’re stunning art work. It’s different take on the Philippines’ man-made rice fields, which are great on their unique and functional way. This however made the field a canvas and the rice crops the paint.

Thanks for sharing this.

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Alpay Kasal

December 2nd, 2009

it’s beautiful but the 3rd image, the one with the couple, has me skeptical because the rice paddy has the horizon lines we’d expect but the image itself doesn’t seem to have depth… anyone else wondering about that? in any case, it’s very pretty and i hope it’s the real deal! Thanks for posting.

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