Is This Coffee-Stain Art Awesome?
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2012/02/21 22:07:19
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Art comes in many different forms, but we never thought we'd come across this type. Artist Hong “Red” Yi decided to do the unthinkable and created a portrait solely from the ring stains of her coffee mug. We can only guess how long this coffee-stain masterpiece took her, but the portrait of actor Jay Chou is intricate and stands pretty high.
Plus, Yi is no stranger to completing her art with unconventional tools. She's also painted a portrait of basketball player Yao Ming with red paint and a basketball. And if you're interested in how the artist executed her new coffee-strain portrait, just watch the video of Yi's unique artistic method below...and let us know if you think it's just as awesome as we do.
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+10that would be amazing as a simple sketch, but she took to the next level and made it something complete different! great job. i love things like this, the art it so simple but the way it was done and the process was so intricate and amazing! using things or everyday objects and turning them into art, awesome!!
I want this stain on my shirt! ***sips coffee enthusiastically**
She's basically doing large scale 'stipling.'
The small ones take forever, I can only imagine how long this must have taken.
I'll reiterate- what you use as media doesn't make you more or less talented.
Professional artist... *sigh*... As if that meant anything or gave you any credit... You sound like a disconnected snob who's into modern or abstract art crap... I think that the only thing mediocre here is your lofty attitude...
Anyway, I love the idea of making a portrait from coffee stains. Original and interesting. :)
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"I'll reiterate- what you use as media doesn't make you more or less talented"
It kinda does. An artist that's able to use different type of tools has skill. It takes skill and talent to do what she did. Most people can barely use a pencil to draw a picture, let alone coffee stains.
Take flash and CGI for example. Flash and CGI has made it extremely easy for even the most talentless artists to create drawings and even cartoons.
Now take traditional animation, like Disney's hand-drawn movies. Takes much more talent and skill to do that, and often traditional animation is better than flash, and even CGI in come cases.
Now take something like sculpting. That's an art-form that takes not only creative but physical talent.
It's not just the art itself, it's how the art was created too. The media you use can determine talent.
For an artist, you don't know much about art.
Coffee is essentially a water-based stain. That's all it is. Like I said, it's mediocre. Any mediocre artist can do exactly what she did.
Coffee is essentially a water-based stain. That's all it is.In fact, it's use is rather archaic.
People use ground up insects as pigment. Ground rock. Resin. They use oils from ground seeds. Burnt wood.
So I see no difference.
Who cares what sort of media is used? The outcome is what matters, like it or not. And she created what I thought was something to look at. How it was executed, by placing the coffee cup over and over again and applying the right amount of pressure at a correct angle, was pretty astounding. That takes a little too much patience than I'm willing to give up and I think the majority would agree.
I do see a difference. If a person uses a pile of feces to create nothing better than a pile of feces, I move on. If someone uses a pile of feces to create something like The Virgin of the Rocks or Head of a Woman, then I'm going to give it some praise.
So some people go the unconventional way of creating art. It's a nice take on art because like I said, there are no boundaries when it comes to art.
There's no boundaries only when trying to make money or gain fame from art.
Everyone who thinks they hold a shred of talent want to be recognized of that to some extent. Not everyone wants to be the poor tramp at the corner of Main selling his work for some food.
There are no boundaries - period. Some people are actually worthy of recognition.