Many year ago British creative person Marc Quinn begin an art project where he make castself - portrayal using his own frozen blood . On one mitt , it ’s incredibly creepy-crawly and unsettling . But on the other , how many creative person ’ can turn to their cosmos during a aesculapian emergency ?
Starting as far back as 1991 , Marc has been create these ego - portraits every five years or so , with each one take about four and a half cubic decimetre of blood extracted over a five - calendar month period . And while it might sound like a macabre medium to ferment with , aswe’ve pointed out in the past , crafting in blood is far cheaper than make a copy of your masterpiece with aninkjet pressman .
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[ Marc QuinnviaScientific American ]
double byMarc Quinn
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