05/02/2014
This is the simple, elegant art of…uh…taking a cassette tape, like from the 1980s, pulling out all the magnetic tape from inside the casing, and using it to create a portrait of the artist. Even as art hobbies go, this one is fairly obscure and only really got started a few years ago, but there are some pretty impressive examples of the form out there.
Believe it or not, this hobby is actually becoming fairly common among the hip right now, and some impressive portraits have been done. It’s just not for anybody who fears for the integrity of their prized “Slippery When Wet” cassette.
See the full gallery here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/iri5/sets/72157611954107572/