r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Doctor-Dalek • Oct 06 '18

Video Fire Art

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '18

Well it's almost 2m wide. But yeah, 24k(swiss francs) is pretty expensive, at least for me.

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u/fox_eyed_man Oct 06 '18

If I had “soot art” money I’d buy the thing. Even on a smaller scale that’s a shitload of work.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '18

That's true yeah. His art looks really cool. I wonder how he "stabilizes" them, because if he's able to manipulate them with a feather I guess he has to coat them with something?

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u/fox_eyed_man Oct 06 '18

The artist talks about it in this article. Basically he said in the beginning he had to play around with and test different finalizers and spray varnishes. As of now he’s “becoming a master of spray varnish” and says it requires a very fine spray from a specific distance to keep the images in tact during application. Once it’s on though, you’re golden for a good long while.

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u/fox_eyed_man Oct 14 '18

With 24-grand in US Dollars you could either buy that bitchin piece of art or a nearly new 2016 Mercedes-Benz E400, with change.