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05-20-2012, 11:43 AM
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Banana Tattooing
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"It all begins with one dot, made with a pushpin. The hole, which exposes the interior to the air, rots and turns brown. Phil Hansen keeps pricking the skin until he creates complete image."
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05-20-2012, 12:05 PM
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OK. Short lived, and limited canvas size, but totally neat. It would be a good way to encourage kids to eat their bananas.
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05-20-2012, 02:14 PM
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it's time for the Guillotine, again
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I wonder if you could preserve and frame the skin, making it a more permanent work of art?
It would be a shame to lose something that beautiful and unique!
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05-20-2012, 04:41 PM
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It would be quite sarcastic to redo that God animating Adam tatoo to be a "God hands Adam the banana, the perfect food!" tatoo.
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05-21-2012, 01:37 AM
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I wonder if you could preserve and frame the skin, making it a more permanent work of art?
It would be a shame to lose something that beautiful and unique!
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Can you varnish a banana skin?
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05-21-2012, 01:51 AM
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Freakin' out the Polar Bears.
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soak it in clear epoxy resin perhaps.
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05-21-2012, 02:45 AM
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Originally Posted by pave_spectre
soak it in clear epoxy resin perhaps.
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Yes! That's the word I was trying to think of.
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05-21-2012, 09:52 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pave_spectre
soak it in clear epoxy resin perhaps.
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It's probably just best to take a picture of it.
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05-21-2012, 10:58 AM
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Using this medium removes the requirement to be a starving artist!
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