3d pictures of screws. How unusual paintings are created

20.06.2020

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Have you noticed that many things have recently become material not only for creativity, but also for the creation of real works of art? This is so, because even an ordinary self-tapping screw in the hands of a craftsman has already turned into an element of the picture, but not a simple one.

With the help of self-tapping screws, 3D portraits are created, which not only accurately convey facial features, but also make the image three-dimensional due to the uneven surface.

This unusual portrait technique was invented by Andrew Myers. The sculptor Andrew Myers was born and lived in Germany and later moved to Spain. Andrew received his art education in the USA, California, at the Institute of Arts, where, in fact, he did not study drawing or sculpture.

Andrew Myers decided not to return to Europe, but found his unique style in the embodiment of volumetric portrait images that he creates with the help of a screwdriver and hardware.

For more than thirteen years, since 2002, Myers has taken part in exhibitions, competitions and opening days, where non-trivial art is presented. His paintings, in fact, are bas-reliefs, where the volume protrudes from the plane, thereby making the image realistic, despite the material used to create it.

To create each painting, the artist uses plywood sheets, screws of the same size, oil paints and a brush, as well as sheets of old newspapers. Before starting work on the painting, Andrew uses an electric drill to mark out small holes.

Then a pencil sketch of the painting is applied to the plywood, and then a collage of newspaper clippings, telephone directories and old prints is glued to the background space around the sketch.

The drawing consists of self-tapping screws, which must enter the plywood strictly at right angles and protrude from the surface to form a three-dimensional image.

While working on the painting, Andrew Myers does not use modern technologies, that is, he does not render the image using computer graphics programs.

The picture appears in his imagination, which he then brings to life, screwing screws almost closely to each other, at different depths into a thick sheet of plywood.

3D-paintings are quite large, their area reaches one and a half square meters. When all the screws are screwed in, work begins with oil paints, which the artist applies with a brush to the screw heads.

Andrew Myers brings more than just portraits to the show. Among his works there are graphic works that resemble impressionism.

One of the latest projects by Andrew Myers has gone beyond portraits and is dedicated to the usual men's shirt.

The title of the painting "It Was a Long Day", it depicts a man's shirt hung on a hanger after a working day, and unique clippings from old French newspapers of the early twentieth century serve as a substrate.

It took six and a half thousand screws to create the shirt! All this creates an unusual aura for the picture, you cannot pass by it indifferent.

All this proves once again that talent can find its place in art and create its own unique style.

Andrew Myers(Andrew Myers) is a one-of-a-kind creator: he creates his three-dimensional pictures from ... screws - self-tapping screws, screwing them to different depths; he literally screws the image onto the canvas.

Interestingly, the master does all the calculations and outlines by hand, without the help of a computer. He says that his creation is comparable to sculpture, has a form and volume, with which he works. In short, it can be explained as follows - he places the drawing on the surface, with the help of a grid he marks points - screwing places and "key" points - for example, the tip of the nose, eyes, etc. The holes must be drilled so that the screw is strictly perpendicular to the surface, without bending. The background to the pictures is provided by the pages of telephone directories.

Works by Andrew Myers

To "screw up" the first job Andrew Myers(Andrew Myers) spent six months. It is always difficult to start: many questions arise in the course of work. At first, the master doubted whether it was necessary to make notes for each screw (and given that there are from 6 to 10 thousand of them in the picture, the question turns out to be really important), then he was looking for a way to remove the marks from under the screws already screwed in. He found a way, but he is in no hurry to reveal the secret.

Now the average cost of his painting is about $ 35,000, but the artist claims that he works not only for the money. He says that young people come to his studio who do not like going to galleries and exhibitions, and he is glad that with his help they get involved in art. Among his admirers there are blind people who "admire" his paintings with their hands.

We are all accustomed to the fact that a portrait is an image of a person drawn on paper or canvas. But, one artist and graphic designer, Bruce McClee, broke all the stereotypes and created portraits from screws. Incredible 3D portraits titled Descent and Turning Away, which translates respectively

Fall and Turn, amaze with their originality and uniqueness. Firstly, an unusual material for creating a portrait, and secondly, texture or 3D effect. In order to make such masterpieces, the artist had to work hard on these works. Thousands of tinted flooring and machine screws were used for each piece, and drilled at varying depths to create texture. Such pictures are especially relevant for blind viewers, who are encouraged to touch the portraits and thereby imagine the picture in their minds.

"Fall" portrait

The Fall portrait, which he calls “the study of balance, chaos and harmony,” took hundreds of hours to fine-tune over 20,000 painted screws. And all this was done in order to achieve a mesmerizing three-dimensional effect. This portrait weighs about 359 pounds and is 7 feet high. Such a vibrant, industrial mosaic occupies a place between painting and sculpture.

Despite the many limitations of the material from which McClee makes his work, he argues that such an unusual medium of choice still allows his work to excel in his subtle use of tone and color. The method Bruce uses is quite tedious and complex, but at the same time it allows you to redo something or reuse the same parts.

"Turning Away" - Bruce's first work

His first work "Turning Away", which translates as "Turn", became the inspiration for the following works using screws. In this painting, the artist used 9,000 screws. The most amazing thing is that Bruce is self-taught. He has no formal art education. He was simply fascinated by such artists as Frazetta, Giger, Parrish, Dali and other equally interesting artists of that time.

This unreality, which is depicted in the paintings of these artists, caused McClee to have a habit of dreaming and creating. And he succeeds to this day. If you'd like to see McClee's work live, The Fall will be on display this fall at The B.O.B. in the center of Grand Rapids during ArtPrize 9.

His other work, called Turning Away, uses over 9,000 screws.

Each twist screw is drilled at different levels in the pine board in order to convey depth and texture.

Artist Bruce McClee used over 20,000 screws to create an incredible 3D portrait called Fall.