Hong Yi.

How amazing is this portrait?! I actually come across this on Tumblr, which was the initial strick of lightening to me that I have totally neglected my poor journey blog.
This piece is inspired by the song of Jay Chou. Shanghai-based artist Hong Yi decided to create his portrait using nothing but Nescafe coffee stains on the bottom of a mug. To be more exact, the 26-year-old artist was inspired by the first line of the song about lifting up a coffee cup off the saucer and “the ending of the song about fragmented pieces – this is shown through the portrait as a whole – how it’s formed by many individual rings, many of them broken and imperfect.”
“The song is about traveling 20 years back in time and is reflected through how the portrait looks like sepia-toned photo. Autumn is shown through the brown colours of the portrait, giving it an old, rustic feel.”
Yi says that it was “a tricky medium to use – too much water and the rings wouldn’t form easily, very little water and you’d have to be precise with where you place the cup coz the rings would pretty much be permanent.”

The coffee cup Yi used.

The final piece.

It's about time.

Time to finally get my ass into gear with my blog. Thankfully I've managed to fall into a steady, full time job this summer. However along with working, researching and squeezing more artwork in here and there, I have totally forgotten about my blog! SORRY! I promise to keep up with it from now on and need to give it some extra TLC. Once again I'll be posting everything and anything that inspires, influences and intrigues me within the world of creative minds. Peace.