Yes, these carpets are fingerpainted!

Benjamin Rabe

You think printing out your iPhone art is already a cool thing? Matthew Watkins went a step further: he wants you to actually walk on fingerpaintings and had two of his fabulous paintings crafted into beautiful handmade Tibetan carpets.

"lost bunny" Tibetan carpet, by Matthew Watkins

Here’s the iPhone painting it is based on:

lost bunny, by Matthew Watkins

The carpets were handmade in Katmandu by Di Nepi of Rome, this is the second set:

"fiat 500" Tibetan Carpet, by Matthew Watkins

Fiat 500, by Matthew Watkins

These carpets will be on display on Matthews upcoming art-show ‘L’ARTE AI TEMPI DELL’IPHONE‘ in Bari, Italy.

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3 Responses to “Yes, these carpets are fingerpainted!”

kevin Says:
September 18th, 2009 at 21:01
Wow! those are awesome!! great work Matthew!!
Matthew Says:
September 20th, 2009 at 10:41
Thanks Kevin!
I am very happy with the result and hope to do more very soon.
Mia Says:
October 1st, 2009 at 21:35
wow, these are amazing!!!! Great work Matthew, you ought to be proud! (and thanks for using your awesome talent and vision to put mobile-art on the map!)