Artist James Cook uses vintage typewriters to create remarkable art. I guess it’s not that different to the pointillism technique in painting, but it still seems like pure magic to me. How does he figure it all out, line by line?
From portraits to landscapes, from small portraits to multi-canvas (page?) pieces consisting of hundreds of thousands of characters, Cook uses his collection of 30 vintage typewriters to create wonderful art that needs to be viewed up close. And as fascinating as his art is, I was equally enthralled with his typewriters! I wonder if the makers of these machines had any idea what was in store for them.
You can see all of James Cook’s amazing artwork on his website and on Instagram.
And I know I have posted this video before, but I couldn’t resist including a little viewing music…
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November 20, 2020 at 7:31 am
Totally amazing – thanks
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November 20, 2020 at 10:29 pm
Aren’t they fascinating? What an interesting brain he has!
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November 20, 2020 at 8:31 am
The artist mind will go places we can’t even imagine. Wonderful.!
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November 20, 2020 at 10:29 pm
I never get tired of the endless creativity of artists. Restores my faith in humanity’s potential.
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November 20, 2020 at 8:31 am
Well this is just AWESOME! What Imagination! Thanks for this great beautiful thing ;o)
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November 20, 2020 at 10:30 pm
I’m so glad you enjoyed them!
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November 20, 2020 at 11:03 am
I join the others — amazing – awesome — wonderful — No way I would ever be able to do it. — Hal
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November 20, 2020 at 10:30 pm
I just can’t wrap my brain around how he works it all out. Amazing!
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November 21, 2020 at 9:11 am
I did notice in the video that he goes back and forth aand up and down.
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November 21, 2020 at 11:35 am
Clever boy!
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November 21, 2020 at 12:11 pm
Just a guess but I think he draws them out on paper first. Then has a ruler that shows one line of the drawing. Then he can duplicate it with the typewriter. The original drawing is what is hard not the typewriter. I have seen something similar being done. Similar but not the same. Hal
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November 23, 2020 at 12:27 am
That would make sense.
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November 20, 2020 at 5:11 pm
These are just incredible!!!
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November 20, 2020 at 10:32 pm
Fascinating, right?
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November 22, 2020 at 2:22 pm
I can’t even imagine how he did this work!
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November 23, 2020 at 12:34 am
Artists have such interesting brains!
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