The UK artist James Cook using vintage typewriters to create modern art
A picture is worth a thousand words... And 26-year-old artist James Cook has taken that old adage to a whole new level. He traded his paint brush for vintage typewriters to create unique pieces of artwork with letters and symbols.
The London-based artist has created over 250 pieces of artwork - but it's a labor of love. The smallest piece takes about a week to complete, while bigger pieces can take several months.
In an interview with CGTN Europe he explained, "It can sometimes be as simple as using the bracket symbols to type the pupils of someone's eye. If I'm doing skin shading or skin tones, I'll use the @ symbol."
James likes to think that his form of typing is like playing a musical instrument:
"You kind of develop muscle memory," he continued. "It's like someone playing the piano: They become quite familiar with the weighting of the piano keys. And that is quite similar to a typewriter, the placement of the switches, the levers, the movement of the carriage,the weighting of the keys, they're all really critical in making very, incredibly precise drawings.” Read More..
