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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Japanese artist Takahiro Shibata’s glasses are fogging up from his face mask, a problem familiar to many eyeglass wearers during the coronavirus pandemic.
But Shibata has turned the annoying side effect into a unique work of art. The more his glasses fog up, the hotter and smoother the noodle soup appears to be in his “ramen mask.”
Shibata, an animator and artist, initially set out to solve the problem of disturbing many spectacle wearers who don a mask to protect themselves from COVID-19.
But once he found out that this was impossible, he decided to have a little fun.
Made from felt and clay, the 3D ramen mask has everything you would want in a real bowl of noodle soup. Shibata’s nose disappears into chashu braised pork, green onions, bamboo shoots, and a slice of fish cake.
Shibata, who said he wanted to “cheer people up a bit,” has no plans to sell the mask along with his other artwork. Although I may not be using it much either.
“The ‘bowl’ is filled with cotton and weighs almost as much as a stuffed toy,” he said. “So it doesn’t feel comfortable when I put it on.”
(Reporting by Tomoshige Akira and Akiko Okamoto; Edited by Jane Wardell)
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