Russian artist Irina Parosova creates these mind-blowing artworks from straw.
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She needs one day to a whole month to complete each artwork, depending on the complexity of the project.
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First, Irina has to pick out the right kind of straw.
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Irina works with a variety of cereal plants, from wheat, rye, oats and barley, to rice and buckwheat, but because the ripeness of the plant plays a very important role in the quality of the straw, she can’t just buy them from anywhere. She either has to plant them herself or pick them out by hand from the field.
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Each straw tube is boiled in hot water with ammonia for 3-5 minutes , then they are cut to size and ironed on several layers of newspapers which absorb all the moisture.
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She uses white glue to stick the straws onto paper. Some straws are bleached with perhydrol, others are darkened with pyrography techniques and some are simply dyed.
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The simplest of Irina Parosova’s straw paintings sell for as low as 60 Russian rubles ($2), while more complex ones range from 600 ($20) to 6,000 ($200) rubles and her most impressive masterpieces cost up to 10,000 rubles ($320).
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Source: odditycentral
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She needs one day to a whole month to complete each artwork, depending on the complexity of the project.
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First, Irina has to pick out the right kind of straw.
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Irina works with a variety of cereal plants, from wheat, rye, oats and barley, to rice and buckwheat, but because the ripeness of the plant plays a very important role in the quality of the straw, she can’t just buy them from anywhere. She either has to plant them herself or pick them out by hand from the field.
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Each straw tube is boiled in hot water with ammonia for 3-5 minutes , then they are cut to size and ironed on several layers of newspapers which absorb all the moisture.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKqPaNe1yAwmcWWhVD1RJ76k3gc4yBbwXGJSE4d-IpT3kwomhdh2PGF1Lc0YLl-MP9-_c6iSUdtwJm-vcoNSZKRwfpGPj9kYaiDWKVOrO0T2q4P9i_dpu5pLkww4mWEkihZifRI8MiuA/s800/05.jpg)
She uses white glue to stick the straws onto paper. Some straws are bleached with perhydrol, others are darkened with pyrography techniques and some are simply dyed.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4xnUnFSjBhofZ1crBPD7Cai9MKE9llgIhZYfMoj1g-fLLmok0GzWRm9XlTECReNRn7Q3GcXRRLyCcT0mC2SMQoSzF86Y7l3fp_-1ovp0dHVMHpd1hKp6QHkh8t6owAP0u4sknB0fz88/s800/02.jpg)
The simplest of Irina Parosova’s straw paintings sell for as low as 60 Russian rubles ($2), while more complex ones range from 600 ($20) to 6,000 ($200) rubles and her most impressive masterpieces cost up to 10,000 rubles ($320).
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpv_BHnML6-mGyzx3p9nTAS_SvNxXZ4OfvlIWwmPwr7z1ju_lzOE4M6etSbi7hLBfMCgny1l-E2PgWEDGyCQz9a98z9Vep75oF5zO79TDD_Q1Ao-CTmDj4RPD-hUP9JePiL7Hogx7X2hA/s800/02.jpg)
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