Washington Artist Uses Playing Cards To Create JIMI HENDRIX Portrait
April 15, 2008, 16 years ago
The following report is courtesy of Elizabeth Landau from CNN:
Some call him "the Post-it Note Boy," after the 10-foot tall Ray Charles mosaic he made out of those sticky colored squares last summer.
David Alvarez, 20, stands with his portrait of JIMI HENDRIX, which he made with playing cards.
Now, David Alvarez of Leavenworth, Washington, has unveiled an even bigger, even more original creation. Using more than 8,500 Bicycle playing cards, he recently constructed a portrait of guitarist legend Jimi Hendrix.
While others have used Post-it Notes for mosaics like this, as far as Alvarez can tell from Internet searches, he is the first to experiment with playing cards as the medium for a portrait mosaic.
Alvarez, 20, will graduate in June with an associate of arts degree from Wenatchee Valley College, Washington. He planned this project in November as part of his schoolwork, but didn't construct it until March.
He hopes to go to Central Washington University and teach art.
"Any kid that tells me 'I can't draw,' I'm going to tell him, 'I did this whole project without lifting a pencil," he said.
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