Over the last few decades, Bhide has created almost 35 portraits and so. He mainly uses about five alphabets and symbols off the keyboard – &, “, W. Being in a Government office just like his father, he didn’t give up his love for art and soon realized that his typing speed was better than others and started to use letters and symbols to create art - from Ganesh figures to huge portraits of people. An optimization-based algorithm for converting input photographs into typewriter art takes advantage of the typists ability to move the paper in the. He turns the platen to move the paper and selects different characters to make the shapes he wants. The sound of clickety-clack, clickety-clack, ding rings come out from his home and it’s been more than 2 decades. In the above video, you can see Chandrakant Bhide, an ordinary man using his extraordinary skills to draw portraits of famous people. It was shocking and unfathomable to see someone use a typewriter which was only known as a writing machine, to be used as a medium for creating art.
TYPERIDER ART SERIES
Most of us have always been fascinated with different art forms and artists and for this reason, we have a special a series on it, “Let’s Talk Art”, where different artists have talked about their unique art form and how and why it has made a difference for them.įirst in the series is the episode about a man who has been using his typewriter for the past 23 years to make portraits. We never really thought about the fact that art is not only limited to pencil, eraser and paintbrushes, but it is more. But can we imagine the same being done through a typewriter? Yes, a machine which we have all long forgotten and used to know as a writing machine.ĭuring school days, haven't we all gotten a scolding from our art teacher in school? Haven’t we all heard them say that if we don’t draw properly, they wouldn’t allow us in class from the next time? Typewriter-inspired art pieces are suited for study walls, writers' dens, libraries and bookstores. This juxtaposition of contrasts serves to inspire writers, artists and collectors alike. How convenient is it for all of us to pick up a pencil, an eraser and draw figures on paper. Typewriter Art From Underwood to Olivetti, typewriters showcase the warmth of letters against cold steel.
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