gerard tonti
Interview with Gerard Tonti: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/painting-with-coffee/
"The Letter"
Something is always brewing in Gerard Tonti's studio - literally. The Pittsburgh-born artist paints with coffee and tea.
This graphic designer-by-day used to paint the old-fashioned way, with paint, until the day he became fascinated by the vibrant color of his cup of green tea.
"I thought, 'Well, I know that they can be used as stains; I wonder if I can bind this and make this into a painting medium, what that would be like?'"
Pictured: Tonti's "The Letter," made with hibiscus tea, rooibos tea, clitoria ternatea tea, calendula tea, coffees, espresso, espresso grinds, coffee filter papers and rice papers on canvas board.
(CBS Interactive 2015)
Something is always brewing in Gerard Tonti's studio - literally. The Pittsburgh-born artist paints with coffee and tea.
This graphic designer-by-day used to paint the old-fashioned way, with paint, until the day he became fascinated by the vibrant color of his cup of green tea.
"I thought, 'Well, I know that they can be used as stains; I wonder if I can bind this and make this into a painting medium, what that would be like?'"
Pictured: Tonti's "The Letter," made with hibiscus tea, rooibos tea, clitoria ternatea tea, calendula tea, coffees, espresso, espresso grinds, coffee filter papers and rice papers on canvas board.
(CBS Interactive 2015)
"Morning Cup"
Gerard Tonti's "Morning Cup": Rooibos tea, rose petal tea, chicory, coffees, espresso, espresso grinds, and rice papers on canvas.
(CBS Interactive 2015)
Gerard Tonti's "Morning Cup": Rooibos tea, rose petal tea, chicory, coffees, espresso, espresso grinds, and rice papers on canvas.
(CBS Interactive 2015)
"Early Morning in the Strip"
Gerard Tonti's "Early Morning in the Strip," made with rose petal tea, chicory, coffees, espresso, espresso grinds and espresso beans on canvas.
Gerard Tonti's "Early Morning in the Strip," made with rose petal tea, chicory, coffees, espresso, espresso grinds and espresso beans on canvas.
References
CBS Interactive (2015) Art made from coffee [Online] Available from http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/art-made-from-coffee/ [Accessed on 08 March 2016]
CBS Interactive (2015) Art made from coffee [Online] Available from http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/art-made-from-coffee/ [Accessed on 08 March 2016]