DEATH | Léo Kadota

 
© Death by Léo Kadota. Fall 2021 Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine

© Death by Léo Kadota. Fall 2021 Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine


Léo Kadota is a first-year resident physician in Internal Medicine at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He started to teach himself the art of paper-cutting approximately ten years ago, inspired by his time making origami crafts as a young child in Japan. Since starting medical school, his works frequently draw inspiration from medical themes and experiences. Each artwork is first hand drawn on a sheet of acid-free black paper. Next, each small piece is cut out individually using a #11 cutting blade. Larger scale paper cutouts typically require several thousand pieces to be hand-cut. leokadota.com