Suffering from severe spastic cerebral palsy from an early age, the awe-inspiring artist Paul Smith displayed extraordinary talent in teaching himself to create typewriter art at an early age. The loss of fine motor control of his face and hands made it impossible for him to attend school — let alone eat, clothe, or bathe himself.
He was able to use his left hand to steady the right and thus press the keys. The artist began creating typewriter art at age 15, and steadily refined his technique. Locking the shift key down to make his pictures using the symbols at the top of the number keys, his images were based on the characters, ” @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ ”
Paul spent 2 to 3 hours a day with his art, while listening to Classical music. It would take him anywhere from 2 weeks to 3 months to create a single piece of artwork. LINK
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Friday, December 05, 2008
Awe-Inspiring Typewriter Art - Paul Smith
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loving your blog! I just found it, and unfortunately have to go to work now, but look forward to browsing through it more later this evening:)
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