Award-winning deaf artist Erik Jensen quite skillfully removes the keys from used computer keyboards that aren’t able to be recycled and turns them into mosaic replicas of famous works of art.
Jensen, who become an artist at a very young age, started working with keyboards for a college art project.
Erik started doing art when he was first able to pick up things. His mother was (and still is!) awesome and allowed him to be free in his creativity, even it if meant big messes.. …He started doing art with computer keyboard keys in 2013, started doing it as a business in 2017, and went to being a full-time artist in 2018.
Mike DeWolfe of Canada melted and warped over 20 black computer keyboards to create his "Throne of Nerds," a geeky tribute to the Iron Throne from Game of Thrones. The chair is available to purchase from the artist. The underlying message is one of suffering. The keyboards have been melted…
South African artist Maurice Mbikayi created these wonderful skull sculptures from the keys of computer keyboards. He calls them "Anti-social Networks." This work symbolizes the internet addiction and consequences that occur nowadays. It also emphasizes negative effects of being reliant to the new technology and internet.Sadly the more we experience…
Disk Cactus, an art and technology studio in Oakland, California, has designed a silicone Emoji Keyboard Cover that easily peels on and off your MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Apple wireless keyboards. It is available to purchase from Amazon and Firebox. Bring the joy and expressive power of Emoji to…
Cartoonist and illustrator Grant Snider of Incidental Comics has created "My Neighbor Magritte," a comic that illustrates what it would be like to live next door to the famous surrealist artist René Magritte. René's famous works of art are brilliantly used throughout the comic to help tell the story. You…
We've previously posted about Takayo Kiyota (aka "Tama-chan"), a Tokyo-based artist who specializes in making sushi roll art. The artist has compiled her best sushi roll works into a new art book, Smiling Sushi Roll. The book includes her recreations of famous art works (including "The Scream") as well as…
Lori Dorn
Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.
