A heliography artist who draws works only with lenses and sunlight instead of brushes

There is an artist who draws paintings on wooden boards using a combination of "insect eyeglasses + sun" everyone should have played once. The time required to draw one piece of work is as long as 1 hour to as long as 30 hours, and its finish is very sophisticated.

Artist Paints with the Sun Using Magnifying Glass as His Brush
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Michael Papadakis, who works in Colorado, USA, is producing works of the new genre "Heliography". "Heliography" which combines "Helio" meaning "sun" and painting "Graphy" originally,Photographic technique invented in 1824Papa Dakis is an artist practicing drawing paintings with the sun rather than photographs.


It looks like she is making a work with heliography. Hold a large condensing lens in your hand and paint the pattern by placing the sun on the back and putting brown boards on the wooden board.


An example of the finished work is kore. Delicate nuances are expressed by the subtle wood burning condition.


Such big works as well. As mentioned earlier, it takes about 1 hour to 30 hours, but since Colorado where Papa Dakis lives is in a privileged environment of 300 days of the year, it is almost impossible to make a work everyday It seems possible to do.


Papadakis was once a painter who usually paints with brush and paint. However, at one time, the scene that I saw when traveling in the Silk Road area of ​​Asia got inspiration and reached this technique. By the way, artists who are making works in the same way in the Philippines,Jordan Mann-OsanThere is.


In this way, it is also possible to draw patterns on wooden dishes.


When Papa Dakis is making a work in the city, everyone stops their legs and he takes away his eyes. There seems to be some people who do not believe that they are drawing pictures, but gradually it seems that they will be able to show a surprised expression as the work shapes.

The work produced by Mr. Papa DakissFacebookYaInstagramBut it is open to the public. In the following movies, you can also see the actual picture drawing in time lapse video.

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