Steven Spazuk’s Drawings Made From Smoke

Artist Steven Spazuk really is a master of smoke and mirrors. Well, definitely of smoke. He literally makes his unique images from the burning grey stuff. Using an open flame candle, Spazuk places paper above the heat, collecting deposits of carbon and leaving marks of smoke on his canvas. He then uses feathers, brushes and scraping tools to build his incredibly detailed images of gas masks, dying birds, weapons and soldiers. His new series of work has just opened at Reed Projects Gallery in Stavanger, Norway (runs until Aug 23rd) called Smoking Gun and Feathers.