Cassette Tape Art: Amazing Black-and-White Celebrity Portraits
May 21, 2010 by Chill Out Point
Filed under Art and Design, Featured
Cassette Tape Art is fascinating new technique for creating impressive artwork. These creative works have been created by artist Erika Simmons. In this series artist uses tape to create most entertaining black and white images of famous people from the worlds of music, movie and even science and classic music. In this gallery you can find celebrities like: Michael Jackson, Nick Cave, Bob Marley, Merlin Monroe, Jimmy Hendrix and many other.
Here technique proves to be very innovative and fascinating, but it is not only this innovative tape material that is fascinating about these portraits. The end result, awesome designed sculpture/paintings, is what create and aura of coolness around these works. The level of details in this portraits captivates with its beauty.
About the artist: Erika Iris Simmons (pseudo name iri5) is an imaginative painter and sculptor who is driven by an incredible passion for self-expression through art. Her works are often noted for their unique and innovative style that focuses on recycling found materials, such as old cassettes and used books. Her use of such a variety of techniques and materials make her work an excellent choice for a wide range of projects and purposes. iRI5′s art has also been featured on major websites and in newspapers and magazines all over the world.
These images and many other Cassette Tape Art works can be found here.
