Using only a typewriter as his tool, a young British architecture student is making waves in the art world with his incredible renditions of country and cityscapes. James Cook, 24, of Braintree in Essex, England, hand-renders each “typicition” in ink using skillful combinations of the keys on a typewriter. For Cook, experimenting with typewriters began while at college studying fine art seven years ago. “I have always been intrigued with the connection between technology—both new and obsolete—and its potential to produce new and innovative forms of artwork,” Cook told The Epoch Times in an interview. “I quickly learnt from a young age that painting just wasn’t for me, but I loved to draw and wanted to explore new methods.” Inspired by British artist David Hockney’s “Arrival of Spring in Woldgate,” a landscape drawn using an iPad painting app, Cook picked up his iPhone 5 to create some of his very …
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