Video: Michael Swier's Mosaic Paintings: The Art of Recycling Cardboard and Tinplate
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Michael Swier lives in Minneapolis and creates beautiful mosaics and sculptures from what is usually thrown away: packaging materials, glass, stones, cans and anything that comes to hand and fits into the concept of the next work. Art history magazines write about mosaic paintings by the masters, galleries and private collections gladly purchase them.
It is extremely interesting and useful to create works of art from what was planned to be thrown into the trash, says American Michael Sweere. And we throw out a lot of things. Therefore, the range of materials used by Michael is extremely wide. But the most beloved of them are ceramics, glass, stone, tin and wood.
The art of mosaics has long caught the attention of Michael Swier. He has been doing this interesting business for 15 years.
Previously, Michael was an art director and worked in the advertising business. Most of his clients were involved in food production in one way or another. And how to present (read: package) their products, Michael and his creatives had to puzzle over their heads.
The office never translated oatmeal packaging, pizza boxes, banners, posters … All these samples were constantly being finalized, improved, and the outdated version was sent to the basket. And so every day. Michael Swier was crushed by a toad. It's a pity to throw away the excellent cardboard from which you can make … but at least a mosaic!
No sooner said than done. Waste from the advertising industry immediately went into action. It turned out to be easy and pleasant to work with packaging cardboard: many colors and shades, mountains of boxes - and all this is completely free. The widest field for creative experiments and in general, grace!
Michael Swier loves nature and constantly observes the changing seasons. Still, after all, two dogs live in his house, and they constantly need to be walked. It also returns objects to their true appearance. For example, his cardboard mosaic paintings often depict trees. Irony? May be. But Michael says that at first this cardboard was wood, and it's not bad at all that it has become one again.
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