Since 2001, French Canadian artist Steven Spazuk has been working with a technique he developed that allows him to use a flame from a candle or torch to create his paintings with the trails of soot that remain. He then uses tools to manipulate the soot left behind on the thick paper to develop breathtaking images. His work, which is mostly monochromatic, evolves as he is working and he allows the images to emerge naturally.
Seattle-based artist Jesse Brown works in a variety of mediums including painting, drawing, sculpture, graphic design, and more. His work features geometric shapes and patterns, lines and tonal variations. Whether he is using a pen or a brush, his pieces have an awesome graphic quality about them.
Artist Stuart Whitton has designed an alphabet created from drawings of wrinkled clothing. Available in two sizes (A2 and A3) in a limited edition of 100.
Brooklyn, NY based artist and writer Shane McAdams created this series of abstract ball point pen paintings. I cannot get over his use of ordinary materials in such a non-traditional method of application. The depth created by the color variations is quite hypnotic and mesmerizing.
How amazing are these Faber-Castell ringed black & white portraits by Chan Hwee Chong created using Faber-Castell’s PITT Artist Pens? The artist uses only the pressure of the pen with a continuous line until the portrait is finished.
STUDIOLAV‘s project Design is Dead is an homage to the designer’s tool from days of old, a tool that is slowly being replaced by computer software and tablets.
Make Your Franklin is a fun community art project in which artists are recreating the $100 bill. Here’s a sampling of some of the submissions:
I discovered Keira Rathbone‘s art via My Love for You and I’m awestruck. I cannot believe she makes these pieces of art using a typewriter.
Ruth Hyndman, an interior designer working out of the San Francisco Bay Area, has created original, minimalist artwork with a black and white palette. The inspiration for these drawings comes from two decades of design research and influences; architecture, sculpture, graphic design and life, such as views from an airplane window. Available at YourOriginal.com.
This one is my favorite.
