Printers may not be as big of a part of our lives as they once were, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have their uses. And for artist Campbell Laird that use is art. Laird’s pieces consist of a simple vector shape that is printed on the same sheet of paper multiple times. For each pass the shape is changed in some way — it might be flipped or have the color swapped — and this process is repeated between 10-80 times. “I have very little idea of how the art will turn out,” Laird explains. “It just grows organically with each new pass.” Each piece represents 5-7 hours of work, and as Laird notes, the process can take its toll on your printer — in his case that means “thousands of dollars of damage.” The price we pay for art.
Inkjet printers used to create abstract art
Using nothing but inkjet printers, artist Campbell Laird has created a new series of unique abstract art pieces.
Using nothing but inkjet printers, artist Campbell Laird has created a new series of unique abstract art pieces.
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