A Japanese mask-maker has created hyper-real coverings costing £700 apiece.
Because they have nose holes, they won t protect against coronavirus, but they will lend you the exact appearance of yourself, frozen in time, or whoever else you may wish to look like.
Shuhei Okawara, from Tokyo, is selling hyper-realistic masks of people s faces for £700 apiece
Mr Okawara copied his own face and then others , choosing them from 100 photo applications
Shuhei Okawara, from Tokyo, makes the masks with a 3D printer.
He copied his own face and chose others from more than 100 photo applications, paying the successful ones £300 for their image.
The artist said he will pay royalties to anyone whose face proves popular.
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Japanese man to sell hyper-realistic face masks based on stranger s features. See pics
Japanese man to sell hyper-realistic face masks based on stranger s features. See pics
A Japanese retailer recently came up with the idea of hyper-realistic face masks modelled on a stranger s features in three dimensions. The masks won t protect against the virus.
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Shuhei Okawara owner of mask shop Kamenya Omote, holds a super-realistic face mask Photo: Reuters
A year into the novel coronavirus epidemic, a Japanese retailer has come up with a new take on the theme of facial camouflage, a hyper-realistic mask that models a stranger s features in three dimensions.
By @hudsonhott
Dec 17, 2020
Now that we are a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, a Japanese retailer has come up with a new facial covering idea which is facial camouflage.
It s a hyper-realistic mask that will model a stranger s features in three different dimensions. These masks will go for sale next year for about $950.00 a piece at a shop located in Tokyo. The shop is called Kamenya Omote and they sell products such as accessories for parties and theatrical performance.
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Japanese man selling hyper-realistic masks featuring faces of strangers
A year into the coronavirus epidemic, a Japanese retailer has come up with a new take on the theme of facial camouflage - a hyper-realistic mask that models a strangerâs features in three dimensions.
Shuhei Okawaraâs masks wonât protect you or others against the virus. But they will lend you the exact appearance of an unidentified Japanese adult whose features have been printed onto them.
âMask shops in Venice probably do not buy or sell faces. But that is something thatâs likely to happen in fantasy stories,â Okawara told Reuters.