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Keira Rathbone Uses Her Typewriter to Draw Incredible Sketches

— September 8, 2010 — Art & Design
Keira Rathbone makes detailed drawings using her typewriter. The inventive London artist owns 30 typewriters and spends as many as 90 hours on a typewriter-produced drawing.

Although she uses different tools, Rathbone can draw portraits, architectural sketches and landscapes just as well as an artist can with a pencil. By manipulating the paper and roller while hitting the typewriter keys, Keir Rathbone carefully crafts the images that seem to appear like magic on the page.

Implications - Keria Rathbone has done something many artists spend their whole career trying to do: established a distinguishable and unique artistic aesthetic. Her arsenal of 30 typewriters has given her more space to create memorable and original portraits of such notables as President Barack Obama, Kate Moss, and Marilyn Monroe, amongst others.
Trend Themes
1. Typewriter Art - The trend of creating art using typewriters as a medium is on the rise, presenting a disruptive opportunity for traditional artists to explore new mediums and techniques.
2. Mechanical Manipulation - The trend of manipulating mechanical objects such as typewriters to produce art presents a disruptive opportunity for inventors to create new and innovative mechanical devices that can aid in artistic expression.
3. Vintage Revival - The trend of utilizing vintage technologies such as typewriters for artistic purposes presents a disruptive opportunity for artists and entrepreneurs to tap into the growing demand for unique and nostalgic products and experiences.
Industry Implications
1. Art - The art industry can embrace the trend of utilizing unconventional mediums such as typewriters and explore new techniques to create unique and disruptive artwork.
2. Mechanical Engineering - The mechanical engineering industry can explore the trend of using mechanical objects such as typewriters to create art and develop new devices and technologies that aid in artistic expression.
3. Vintage Retail - The vintage retail industry can capitalize on the trend of utilizing vintage technologies such as typewriters for artistic purposes and provide consumers with unique and nostalgic products and experiences.
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