Sculptor Alex Queral carves up phonebooks to create portraits. Above: James Brown. [via TC]
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Sculptor Alex Queral carves up phonebooks to create portraits. Above: James Brown. [via TC]
Robbie
on 12 Mar 10Impressive, but also frightening.
Philip
on 12 Mar 10I like that he is carved under ‘Bro’.
Ken
on 12 Mar 10Hey, someone found a good use for phonebooks.
Randall
on 12 Mar 10I thought it was Shrek at first, which is equally impressive.
Marc-Olivier Vachon
on 13 Mar 10thought phonebooks could never survive google. Looks like they will. Art is eternal.
Thanks for the link.
Josh Walsh
on 14 Mar 10Clever. Really, clever.
Kenton A. Hoover
on 17 Mar 10If only he was a better sculptor.
Phonebooks will survive. Phonebook paper can be used to closely match the paper used in printing currency and thus is of great use for counterfeiters.
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