Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Zaisanamynodon (2014)


 Zaisanamynodon
 (Aminodontidae)
model length 55cm

I sculpted the model for "Prehistoric Mammals" , the special exhibition of japanese fossil mammals. at National Museum of Nature and Science,Tokyo. Then the model is owned by The Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo.

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Friday, February 5, 2016

A lecture on my work as paleo-artist


4 Feb. 2016, I had a lecture on my work as paleo-artist at KNOWLEDGE SALON a membership system salon in Osaka. A paleontologist Mahito Watabe joined too, and talked with the audience.






Friday, December 4, 2015

Making dinosaur restoration model workshop at The Mizunami Fossil Museum.

29th Nov. 2015
I did making dinosaur restoration model workshop at The Mizunami Fossil Museum.





























































Sample model I made.

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Monday, November 9, 2015

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Rhamphorhynchus (2015)

Rhamphorhynchus muensteri
length 22cm
scale 1/3


mainly reference

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs ( Peter Wellnhofer)
 

The Pterosaurs: From Deep Time (David M. Unwin)
 

Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy ( Mark P. Witton)
The catalogue of the pterosaurs special exhibition in Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum,2012.

Constraints on the wing morphology of pterosaurs (Colin Palmer, Gareth Dyke,2011)

The extent of the pterosaur flight membrane (ROSS A. ELGIN, DAVID W.E. HONE and EBERHARD FREY. 2009)



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