The art of gluing tape. Unusual paintings by Mark Khaisman

Surprisingly, one day the day comes when a person makes unexpected discoveries by pure chance - but even then he does not realize that after some time the invention will be improved again and again and will reach unimaginable heights... This is how Richard Drew was engaged in production in 1929 sandpaper, invented duct tape. It was called adhesive tape because at first glue was applied only to the edges of the tape: in those days, legends about Scottish stinginess circulated across America. Soon they stopped skimping on glue for the new product - and away we go: stationery and painting tape, plumbing and surgical tape... And it also turns out that you can use it to make...

X-rays

In 1953, Soviet scientists under the leadership of academician Boris Vladimirovich Deryagin discovered that if you unwind adhesive tape in a vacuum, triboluminescence occurs (glow that occurs when crystalline bodies are destroyed) - in fact, the adhesive tape emits X-rays. In 2008, American scientists conducted an experiment and confirmed that in some cases the radiation power is enough to leave an X-ray image on photographic paper - for example, a finger.

But don’t be afraid of sticky tape: electrons can reach such power only in outer space, and the earth’s atmosphere does not allow them to accelerate to dangerous values. But you can turn off the lights in the evening and try to “summon the fireflies” - when unwinding ordinary stationery tape from the surface of the film, you can often notice sparks, which invariably delight observers. However, to please yourself with such a spectacle, all you have to do is put on synthetic pajamas at night and cover yourself with a synthetic blanket: a night thunderstorm is guaranteed!

As we have already said, to reveal the superpowers of scotch tape, you need a vacuum - which surrounds our planet in abundance. Therefore, NASA Space Flight Center engineer Maxim Markevitch proposed using adhesive tape instead of expensive mirrors to capture high-energy hard X-rays. This will significantly increase their size and cover a larger sector of the sky - which means that astronomers will be able to replenish their knowledge about the birth and evolution of the Universe.

Scotch tape paintings

Contemporary art is not an attempt to accurately convey the beauty of the world (the camera was invented for this purpose), nor is it a desire to escape reality into the world of abstract illusions (artists began to drink less and lead healthy image life).No, modern Art obsessed with transformation, transforming everyday things into something out of the ordinary. And the less we expect to see such a result, the more we admire the work of art.

Max Zorn also got creative by choosing brown packaging tape as a creative material: from it he creates paintings that are very reminiscent of frames from retro films. Most often this close-ups in sepia tones, but the play of light and shadow gives them stunning realism. The scheme of work is simple: first Max unwinds the tape and glues it to the plexiglass, then trims or tears off the excess. Layer by layer, he patiently sculpts his canvases, with which he subsequently decorates the streets of Amsterdam.

Mark Khaisman, a Ukrainian designer living in Philadelphia, decided to combine “scotch tape painting” with classical photography. He applies similar packaging tape to photographs, turning them into interesting posters. Mine author's genre Mark calls it “Tape art”.

Scotch tape sculptures

One of the most unusual festivals in the world is the Scottish sculpture competition from adhesive tape “Off the Roll”, in which anyone can submit their work. The winner receives an impressive prize of $5,000, and for second and third place participants are awarded $500 each - so there is something to compete for.

The creative sculptures typically require 30 to 50 rolls of duct tape and take several days to complete. In addition, the rules of the competition allow the use of auxiliary materials such as wire, cardboard and paints, if according to the author's idea they need to be used to support or increase the size of the sculpture - but they can not exceed ten percent of the entire model. Well, why the festival is taking place in Scotland, it’s clear - scotch was named in honor of the checkered state, and now all that remains is to organize a competition for the absorption of the drink of the same name, and organize greyhound racing featuring Scotch Terriers.

Sculpture-web made of scotch tape

“Packing Tape Cobweb Sculpture” is an unusual installation made of adhesive tape from the Austro-Croatian design collective “Use/Numen”. Huge gallery tubes made from duct tape were glued together for the Berlin Design Festival. And this exclusive took as much as 35 kilometers of tape.

We would probably admire... - if the authors of the work were distracted for a second from high art and explained to mere mortals how they were going to safely dispose of wasted polyethylene?

Sticky message

Previously, when moving, in order to remember the contents of numerous boxes, you had to sign them with markers or attach stickers with the notes “careful, glass”, “do not shake”, “all junk - review, throw away” and so on. But this is a thing of the past if you have such packing tape: having shaded unnecessary segments, you can leave a message to your family, a reminder for yourself, or instructions for the movers.

Scotch jewelry

The size of a large roll of tape is ideal for the role of a bracelet: the designers decided that it was enough to print watches and chains on them - and you can dress up.

But there are doubts about the fact that someone will literally stick adhesive tape with the image of a belt on a dress, or the illusion of a necklace directly on the neck. After all, the glue is toxic - and the sensations are probably not very pleasant.

But if you take the same roll of tape and use your imagination a little, you can turn it into original crafts, which will successfully complement your autumn wardrobe: tied with threads, wrapped in fabric, decorated with beads, buttons and other little things, cardboard reels will take on a new life!

In addition, a roll of adhesive tape can be turned into cute boxes for jewelry, handicrafts, keys and other small items: the bottom and lid of the box can be easily made from cardboard, and then you can decorate the craft at your discretion. Good luck!

It's hard to think of any other use for brown packing tape other than to use it to pack a variety of items into boxes and bags, from food to household and household items. office equipment. But difficult does not mean impossible. So, someone creates from tape, and American artist Ukrainian origin Mark Khaisman paints stunning pictures of them on glass panels.

The style in which the Ukrainian designer works is called Tape art, but he, like every self-respecting master, has his own techniques and secrets. So, Mark Khaisman places a painting or photograph under a glass “canvas”, and then “processes” it on top with strips of brown tape so that the result is an image like this.

The author does not talk about the technique of gluing tape. He only says that he works according to a special scheme, proven over the years. According to the scheme, the sticky plates are arranged in a special order, forming a play of light and shadow, creating highlights and dark areas. This gives the work realism, volume, and some variety of colors.
True, the author is not always able to “copy” the original work with tape, but even an old woman can make a mistake, Heisman smiles, and proceeds to new picture, regardless of failure.

Do you want to create beautiful drawings even with small children? Then try unconventional techniques drawings and turn simple children's scribbles into spectacular paintings with the help of masking tape!

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It doesn’t matter if, apart from splashing paint on paper, the child has not yet learned to draw anything. You can diversify children's drawings by inviting the baby to first glue on future drawing masking tape in the form geometric shapes or simple images.

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All that is required for this technique is to come up with what exactly you want to see as a result of your creativity. If you place strips of tape randomly across the entire sheet, and then simply paint over it with multi-colored paints, you will get a beautiful mosaic. This is suitable for very young children.

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For older children, you can decide in advance what images you want to create using tape. These could be trees (as in the picture below), the outline of a house, the outline of a snowflake or a Christmas tree. Then just let your child draw a picture on top of the background, and after it dries, carefully remove the tape from the surface of the paper.

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You can also try creative technique splash painting. But for this purpose it is better to place the paintings on the bottom of the bath so as not to stain the furniture in the room. To do this, you need to create some kind of shape on paper using masking tape, and then spray it with multi-colored gouache or watercolor on a piece of paper (you can use an old toothbrush to make fine splashes).

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You can also work in pairs with a preschooler, creating a masterpiece that can be hung in the apartment or given to loved ones. To do this, buy inexpensive canvas and create an interesting picture by drawing its borders with masking tape.

Let your child decorate it to his own taste!

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Masking tape is much nicer to use than regular tape and doesn't stick as much. Therefore, you can experiment with it by cutting it into thin strips or even cutting circles out of it.

For example, from thin strips of tape you can create a net for a leaf (in the picture below) or a tree trunk with branches.

What to draw with this original technology Children's imagination will tell you! This method is very universal, because you can stick on both elementary figures for a 2-year-old child and more complex drawings for children 5-6 years old.

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We invite you to watch a short master class on creating paintings from tape with children!

St. Petersburg artist Nikolai Vasiliev is one of 15 people in the world who work using the tape art technique: he paints pictures not with paints or ink, but with multi-colored stationery tape. With the help of adhesive tape, Nikolai can depict anything - from portraits to mythological scenes and landmarks. Among the artist’s works are the Lenin Mausoleum and Bronze Horseman from adhesive tape. “Most likely, the technique in which I paint will never become popular,” says Vasiliev, “but I like working with it, and I will continue to paint with tape.”

I saw the idea in Germany

Nine years ago, artist from St. Petersburg Nikolai Vasiliev traveled around Germany. Walking past the construction site, Nikolai noticed that one of the workers had written the word “stop” on the wall of the building with tape. The artist liked the unusual inscription, and, developing what he saw in his head, Vasiliev realized that not only inscriptions, but also entire paintings could be created from ordinary adhesive tape. Having delved deeper into this topic, Nikolai learned that he was not the first to come up with such an idea. It turned out that the technique of drawing with tape even has proper name- “tape art”. This trend originated in America in the late 80s, and in the 90s it reached Europe.

In his paintings Nikolai works out the smallest details and halftones. Photo: AiF/ Yana Khvatova

Despite several decades of the existence of tape art, only 14 people around the world were involved in creativity in this technique. Nikolay became the fifteenth “tape artist” and brought the technique of drawing with tape from Germany to Russia. Upon returning to St. Petersburg, the artist stocked up with scissors and multi-colored adhesive tape and began to work.

The main part of Vasiliev's works are portraits of children. Photo: AiF/ Yana Khvatova

From portraits to the Bronze Horseman

Any flat surface can serve as a canvas for tape art - from walls to sheets of paper or newspapers folded together: in the latter case, the picture will not be fixed in one place, and it can be hung wherever you want. In his practice, Nikolai even used canvas instead of advertising posters from supermarkets and a plastic bath curtain. Vasiliev admits that one of the main advantages of paintings made from adhesive tape is their practicality. If it needs to be transported to an exhibition, you can roll the canvas and deliver it wherever required. This way, you can transfer several paintings at once.

From a distance, Nikolai's works look like paintings painted with paints. Photo: AiF/ Yana Khvatova

Nikolai uses adhesive tape to draw mythological subjects, landscapes and landmarks, but the artist’s favorite genre is portraiture. Most often these are portraits of children, but among them you can also find adults: as a rule, the author himself does not know these people and has seen them only once.

“I really like to draw faces, because they hide a lot of emotions,” says Nikolai. - If I see a passerby on the street with a bright expressed emotion on his face - whether he is gloomy or, on the contrary, happy - I take a photograph of this person, and then from the photograph I draw him with tape on canvas.” In addition to faces, the St. Petersburg resident’s works include dinosaurs, airplanes, Lenin’s mausoleum and the Bronze Horseman on a fine summer day. In just nine years of work, Nikolai painted about 200 paintings with tape.

The Bronze Horseman can be recognized immediately, despite the sketchiness of the image. Photo: AiF/ Yana Khvatova

Instead of a brush - scissors

It may seem that creating paintings from tape is easy, but in reality it is not. In his portraits, Nikolai draws the smallest details and halftones, like an artist with paints and a brush. The author creates color saturation by layering adhesive tape: depending on the desired shade, the St. Petersburg resident makes from one to six layers of adhesive tape on different parts of the canvas. Vasiliev’s works are similar to impressionist paintings: adhesive tape, like large strokes colors will form a harmonious image if you take a few steps back from the canvas. Usually, one painting takes Nikolai 1.5-2 hours of work and a dozen rolls of adhesive tape.

One day, Nikolai made a video about creating a painting from adhesive tape from the stage of preparing the canvas to the last gluing of colored tape and posted the video on the Internet. Unexpectedly for the author, thousands of people watched the video, and people started talking about “tape art” performed by Vasiliev not only in St. Petersburg, but also in other cities of Russia. Positive reviews art connoisseurs were given to the artist creative forces, and currently Nikolai continues to draw new pictures from tape and wander the streets of the city in search of new faces for portraits. Smile more often, and perhaps you will end up in Vasiliev’s painting!

Tape art by Max Zorn – I look into your eyes, honey

To create his stunning works of art, Max Zorn uses ordinary packing tape instead of a brush, and glass and plastic instead of canvas. Beautiful paintings with interesting plots will not leave even the most avid skeptic indifferent.

How much is truly talented people in this world. And many of them are opening up more and more new directions in art. Such talents include Max Zorn, who creates unusual paintings from packaging tape.

It all started with a simple idea to make appliqué on ordinary street lamps, with Max capturing the entire process on camera and posting the video online. But after his videos began to collect millions of views on the Internet, Zorn decided to expand his project globally:

“I have always dreamed of using city lighting as a backdrop for my work, and I still enjoy doing it. But at some point I felt that for me street art not enough, since it only appears at night.”

Now the artist not only decorates city streets with his works, but also creates stunning scenes for interiors - large beautiful paintings with internal lighting that attract the attention of even those who do not like fine art.

Transparent paintings by Max Zorn, created from scrap materials, are an unprecedented success. Many art galleries the world wants to have these works in their exposition, and Max himself regularly demonstrates his unusual paintings at exhibitions around the globe.

Especially for you, Max opens the veil of mystery and invites you to watch the process of “making” his works of art:

As a material, Max uses the most common brown (and more recently colored) packaging tape, which is subsequently glued in layers onto thin acrylic glass. The bottom line is that the more layers of tape you use on a particular area of the picture, the darker it becomes. These various shades brown allow you to harmoniously and accurately form storylines and portraits. Zorn's main tool is a scalpel or utility knife for cutting and shaping layers of tape. And finally, the last thing you need is a lighted window.

When the painting is ready, the question arises: how important is light for such a work of art?

Light is what brings life to Max Zorn's beautiful paintings. Like stained glass, layers of tape become light filters, creating a visual image. Street lights, outdoor storefronts and other types of urban lighting are ideal as displays, but for contemplating his paintings indoors, Zorn developed his own technical solution.

In order to the best way to present the painting in the interior, the artist created customizable light boxes that emit warm light with low color temperature. In this case, the author individually adjusts the lighting level for a specific work of art. Thanks to the use of LEDs in such boxes with a service life of up to 50,000 hours and low energy consumption, the paintings can be kept “on” at all times.

All paintings by the talented master are original and unique. As the artist himself says, even if he does similar friend on a friend works of art, each of them has its own own character and is significantly different from the others.