Hand carved/hand printed linocut [edit : that i made] 70x100cm, gold & black version. Scifi inspired work
Like the plaque they put on the voyager spacecraft.
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thank you very much, this is exactly my initial source of inspiration and now a common thread. I take the opposite view of the golden record and the pioneer plates in the sense that I like to think that my engravings could resemble (human typography and occult elements aside) what we could see on an extraterrestrial ship
This carbon-based unit approves of this artwork.
thanks , hahaha :)
10/10 would buy if I was rich
Nevermind, I bought it, it wasn't nearly as pricey as I thought it would be. Support artists.
Nevermind, I bought it, it wasn’t nearly as pricey as I thought it would be. Support artists.
🙏 thanks a lot dude ! :) I send this on Monday :)
No worries, thanks a lot for making it. Never purchased art before, closest I've gotten is posters. I'm a sucker for black and gold, as well as sci-fi and space, so it was a no brainer for me. Excited to hang it up!
You'll see, it's like a poster a little thicker and with more work to create :D
Beautiful. Do you per chance know an electronic music band called Carbon Based Lifeforms or is it a coincidental name?
Beautiful. Do you per chance know an electronic music band called Carbon Based Lifeforms or is it a coincidental name?
yea i like this band ! there is no direct link to them apart from the fact that I find this title cool and that it was in the theme :)
Really nice. Curious what it's printed on?
Really nice. Curious what it’s printed on?
thanks a lot, il's printed on 200g/m2 Japanese black Satogami paper
Are these for sale?
Seconded.
Yep, my website link is on my profile
Super beautiful. I love the wood frame, it realy compliments the gold nicely
thank you very much! ( the frame is not real, it's a mock up to highlight the work but I would love to find one in this shade) :)
These are absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for being on here as well besides 'traditional' social media. I hope you benefit from it! And maybe check out Culture Hustle. They produce some awesome and unique pigments that may suit your style!
Thanks a lot ! happy to be there, following the good advice of a friend :) I know Culture Hustle a little, I just saw posts about their black pigment in particular, it looks very interesting. I will look in more detail
Every time I see their art, I reconsider buying one...
even if you don't buy, glad you like it that much :)
How long did it take for you to make this? rather how long does it take for you to finish a piece from planning to execution, I'm very interested to know the process
How long did it take for you to make this? rather how long does it take for you to finish a piece from planning to execution, I’m very interested to know the process
from the design work on an illustrator, to transfer to lino plate and engraving, more than a hundred hours. engraving the plaque took me a little over 30 hours of work. You will find photos of the plates on my insta in bio :)
That is really impressive and a lot more hours than I'd thought
That is really impressive and a lot more hours than I’d thought
thank you, I work slowly and I like my plates to be impeccable. which adds a certain number of hours not necessarily necessary to the final result. but for me it is important.
Sounds like you're a perfectionist. I like it.
Sounds like you’re a perfectionist. I like it.
thanks mate !
Julien, have you considered doing a computer science themed piece?
hi ! for the moment not really, there are elements borrowed from electronics and binary in some of my engravings but nothing around computing as such. It’s actually an idea worth exploring. Honestly, I've kind of missed the boat of my generation because I'm very bad at computers and I keep to it at a relative distance, but I could still consider something around that in the future. the code and electronic aspect often has a glyphic aspect for beginners, it can be graphically interesting
Even if you don't go down the programming angle, your style seems ripe to incorporate things like PCB traced/layout. In the olden days, layouts were done by hand and some had a bit of artistic flare and were generally single layer with jumpers to hop over other traces as necessary. Something from the 80s through the early aughts will have a lot more straight lines, but there's still a lot of interesting geometry. Multi-layer PCBs were becoming more prevalent, but most limited to two. Modern designs are very dense and often span way more than 2 layers, but if you were to find the right thing (PCB antennas maybe?) it could make for something interesting.
Even if you don’t go down the programming angle, your style seems ripe to incorporate things like PCB traced/layout. In the olden days, layouts were done by hand and some had a bit of artistic flare and were generally single layer with jumpers to hop over other traces as necessary. Something from the 80s through the early aughts will have a lot more straight lines, but there’s still a lot of interesting geometry. Multi-layer PCBs were becoming more prevalent, but most limited to two. Modern designs are very dense and often span way more than 2 layers, but if you were to find the right thing (PCB antennas maybe?) it could make for something interesting.
thank you, yes this is the aspect of computing that you were talking about. It’s really interesting visually. and indeed it would very much appreciate an engraving around electronics and computing. I just saw images of hand-drawn maps in the 70s, the absence of straight lines gives an almost organic effect. it contrasts with recent printed circuits. I'll keep that in mind for the future !
Im a computer scientist. I work on compilers. There are lots of graphical representations in compilation that would look so cool in your art style.
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I assume each square represents something specific about humans but I can't figure out most of them. Can someone list them?
Humans are ultimately quite absent from that work, the theme is more exobiology :) Sometimes there are direct links, sometimes not at all, it is a mixture of one third, two thirds of figurative elements and abstract elements without there necessarily being a link between the different parts. I am looking above all for graphic coherence and a homogeneous, egnigmatic whole before a real meaning. it is above all a purely graphic work. a framework is still present: exobiology and cosmology. there is a topographical map, cosmological elements, figurative relief, an element which is related to bacterial life, a carbon atom, a molecule relating to "chnops" main elements of organic chemistry, a bit of dna ...all of this refers to the appearance of life elsewhere in space, all mixed with elements with occult/scifi connotations
Stunning!
thanks ! :)
Gorgeous! That was an immediate buy. Any tips on where to get a nice frame?
Gorgeous! That was an immediate buy. Any tips on where to get a nice frame?
thank you very much ! :) personally I use glass frames with a thin border (no more than 1 cm) black or gold. A varnished wood that tends towards gold as in the photo could also be very suitable...being in France, I leave it to someone else to worry about where to find it :)
Thanks! I’m in Belgium, so location recommandations are welcome, too. The 70x100 frames I found so far are frightfully expensive. It feels ord to spend more on the frame than the art it contains. That said, I would spend the money rather than doing the print the disservice of housing it in a cheap looking frame
I buy my frames from "castorama" I think they must be located in Belgium. They have a range of glass frames and aluminum borders (black, aluminum or light wood color) that are quite sober with good value for money. It's not very high-end but for 45 euros the glass frame is quite suitable. I can't stand plexi frames and I can't afford to spend hundreds of dollars on a frame either. personally they suit me well. It's up to you to get an idea in a store if you find one.
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