Drawing Money by Hand

Posted on | September 10, 2010 | 1 Comment

Xavi Garcia wanted to make a point about how much time and energy artisans put into their crafts, and how valuable hand-crafted creations are. His project, “Handmade” is a breathtakingly detailed, hand-drawn banknote (of sorts) that brings attention to the fact that time is a valuable resource, and that human creativity is something that holds great value.

Here’s the project brief for Handmade:

Response: A reaction to the soulness of digital design. This note pretends
to remind the viewer the amount of work, hours, patience and love that artisians put into the handicrafts they produce and stress how valuable they are, replacing currency for the amount of time spent working on it (3 months were given for this project).

Entirely drawn by hand, using different printing techniques, it features security measures common in banknotes such as watermarks, tactile elements, see-through images and invisible UV ink.

Drypoint, screenprint and stamps on newsprint. 110×190 mm

See more of Xavi’s work at EquisGarcia.com

Category: Art, Culture, Design, Drawing, Paper Art, Typography
Tags: hand-drawn banknote > Handmade > Xavi Garcia

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One Response to “Drawing Money by Hand”

Stacie
September 10th, 2010 @ 12:32 PM

WOW!! Do you know about Boggs?

http://www.artscenecal.com/ArticlesFile/Archive/Articles1999/Articles0999/JBoggsA.html

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