Video: Matchbox Crafts: Custom Portraits of Mike Bell
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Matches are an unpretentious thing, but useful, and not only in everyday life. They will come in handy for both flammable sculptures and fire-prevention posters. Only the boxes remain after the masters of matchbox art. American Mike Bell became interested in them. Matchbox crafts immortalize movie stars, musicians and fictional characters.
Matchboxes provide excellent drawing paper, so New Jersey artist Mike Bell decided to master the art of miniature portraiture. Black and white drawings depict Jack Sparrow and Batman, Marilyn Monroe and Elton John.
Of particular interest is the fact that the portraits of famous people are accompanied by fingers, also carved from matchboxes. Guessing hands, you can understand who is in front of us: a pianist, drummer or Count Dracula.
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