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Leslie Bohoss · 12-03-2003, 02:56 AM

Hi,

I heard from a new colleague in Poland: There was an interesting culture tradition, centuries ago.
Pictures, portraits (and landscapes) made from human hairs. Families gather hairs and the "master" in the village made a portrait with this. Hairs are short (cutting) and stuck with both ends in a soft-wood panel (with a needle, maybe).

It sounds so interesting, so I can't get it out my head. If I think about it: Hairs have many color variations from white to black, if those " masters" mixed the "tones" of hairs, the result maybe fascinating. Perhaps the forerunner of Pointillism, Impressionism (Seurat etc..)
I can imagine pictures in style of Van Gogh's Sunflower. In any case they had no problem with painting "hairs".

Nowadays nobody makes it in this manner, only as simple family-tree with hair-curls of the members.

Cheers.

12-03-2003, 02:56 AM	#1
Leslie Bohoss Associate Member Joined: Oct 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 204	Pictures with hairs Hi, I heard from a new colleague in Poland: There was an interesting culture tradition, centuries ago. Pictures, portraits (and landscapes) made from human hairs. Families gather hairs and the "master" in the village made a portrait with this. Hairs are short (cutting) and stuck with both ends in a soft-wood panel (with a needle, maybe). It sounds so interesting, so I can't get it out my head. If I think about it: Hairs have many color variations from white to black, if those " masters" mixed the "tones" of hairs, the result maybe fascinating. Perhaps the forerunner of Pointillism, Impressionism (Seurat etc..) I can imagine pictures in style of Van Gogh's Sunflower. In any case they had no problem with painting "hairs". Nowadays nobody makes it in this manner, only as simple family-tree with hair-curls of the members. Cheers.