Data + Design Project

Typewriter Art: Portraits from Letters & Numbers

Monday 06.13.2011 , Posted by

British artist Keira Rathbone uses old typewriters to “draw” her extraordinary portraits with devastating accuracy. With no brushes or pencils in her repertoire, instead she uses her collection of 30 vintage machines to create her artworks with individual keystrokes. Rathbone works from her studio in Chiswick, London, as well as various other locations around the city, getting interesting looks from people as they pass. [Read more...]