How to make stunning insect sculptures by foraging in your own yard

Recently we introduced you to Montreal-based artist Raku Inoue, the Instagram sensation who meditates by turning flowers into the insect sculptures that has earned him over 14,000 followers.

Now, Inoue is taking you through the steps you need to know to try to create your own fantastical insect sculptures, from foraging in your hard to choosing an insect to getting into your own creative headspace.

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How To Create Raku Inoue's Floral Insects

5 years ago

Duration 3:29

Raku Inoue has gotten famous on Instagram by making these fantastical insectile creatures, all formed from petals, leaves and twigs.

Inoue's making one of his Instagrammable sculptures: a rhinoceros beetle formed from winter greens. He's already made a spring, summer and fall instalment of his "natura insects" series, and hopefully with this winter beetle, he's ushering in some warmer weather.

Follow Raku Inoue here.

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