A discarded receipt may seem like a worthless scrap of paper, but to Japanese artist Viki, it is a record of someone's life, a fleeting moment that might otherwise be forgotten. By transforming receipts into intricate artworks, he hopes to preserve those everyday memories and create unexpected connections between strangers.Using irons and other heated tools, Viki carefully darkens thermal paper to bring images of cats, butterflies and other subjects to life without paint or ink. He assembles receipts collected from across Japan and overseas into artworks that can contain thousands of indiv…READ FULL ARTICLE
