Yes, these carpets are fingerpainted!
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.
Here’s the iPhone painting it is based on:
The carpets were handmade in Katmandu by Di Nepi of Rome, this is the second set:
These carpets will be on display on Matthews upcoming art-show ‘L’ARTE AI TEMPI DELL’IPHONE‘ in Bari, Italy.
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September 18th, 2009 at 21:01
Wow! those are awesome!! great work Matthew!!
September 20th, 2009 at 10:41
Thanks Kevin!
I am very happy with the result and hope to do more very soon.
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!)