Erika Iris Simmons (@iri5 on Twitter), uses old cassette tapes (or old film reels) to create the likenesses of famous musicians/actors in a series called “Ghost in the Machine.” She usually just take things apart and re-arrange them, cutting away pieces when necessary.
"It feels great to work with strange, older materials. Things that have a mind of their own. Most everything I use has been thrown away or donated at some point. Past its prime, like some of the finest things in the world," she said.
Melora Creager
Lauryn Hill
Kung Fu Cassette
Beat Boxers
Erika sculpted these two for Jung v. Matt am Neckar (German ad agency) for a radio station promo. She sculpted the cassette into designs by their art director and then sent the tape sculptures to the agency where they were photographed.
John Lennon
Illustration for the Sunday Times Magazine.
The Hendrix Experience
Jerry Garcia Live
Bob Marley
Audrey Reclining
A really big Audrey Hepburn made entirely out of donated, recycled 8mm film.
Bon Jovi
A Bon Jovi tribute with original “Slippery When Wet” cassette. She used a little bit of red paint to show the bandana, the rest is all cassette.
Betty Page
Made from recycled 16mm film
Van Morrison
Paper collage background is composed of articles and interviews related to his career.
Tom Waits
Paul Griffiths
Made for cover of Tick Magazine, UK.
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin
Bob Dylan
Robert Smith from the Cure
Michael Jackson
Lenny Kravitz
Marilyn Monroe
Made from recycled 8mm film reel
Ian Brown of Stone Roses
Ian Astbury
Jerry Garcia
Albert Einstein
Space-time cowboy. Made from recycled 8mm film, with reel and clock parts.
Cameo
Alfred Hitchcock out of recycled film and reel.
Ian Curtis
Ian Curtis (late singer of Joy Division). The newspaper collage in the background was from a paper dating from the year Joy Division was formed.
The Dude Abides
Made from recycled VHS tape.
Check her gallery: http://www.iri5.com/
All images are © Copyright of Erika Iris Simmons.
Bruno Mars/ (Peter Gene Hernandez) has hit the viral video charts with his music video for “I Just Love You Just The Way You Are”, from his album Doo-Wops & Hooligans. Directed by Ethan Lader, the video features actress Nathalie Kelley and art inspired by Erika Iris Simmons. A cassette tape from a walkman becomes the material for a range of portraits.
Filming was shot by director Ethan Lader with producer Roger Ubina at Alliance Media Group, director of photography Brian Garbellini and colorist Bob Curreri. Visual effects were produced at Kroma.
The video was inspired by the work of Erika Iris Simmons
Cassette Tapes Portraits by Erika Iris Simmons
Wire Sculptures by Shi Jindian (师进滇)
Chinese artist Shi Jindian create these incredible replicas made of wires.
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“I don’t like hard, heavy materials … I prefer fine and delicate things,” he said.
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For years he looked for “a material that was brand new, completely untraditional”. Finally, he settled on steel wires.
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By trial and error, using tools of his own devising he learned how to crochet the two-dimensional strands into three-dimensional forms. His wire meshes start out as wrappings around some common object. When the mesh is complete, Shi Jindian destroys or extracts the object, leaving only its steel “shadow”.
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Each of the works is accurate to the smallest detail. They took years to make, but he found serenity in the toil.
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Check for more here.
Bread & Sandwich
Want to make your breakfast looks good? Maybe you can try something like these..
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See a fly there?
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This Rubik's Cubewich contains cubes of pastrami, kielbasa, pork fat, salami, and two types of cheddar. Super sinfull -_____-!
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These 3 carved by Saxton Freymann :)
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