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I’ll Take a Double Tall Canvas Print Please

by | Nov 30, 2004 | General | 3 comments

Via KOMO TV:

Only in Seattle! The coffee capital of the world, could we find an artist who paints with coffee. His name is Ezju. One name. But a lot of talent. Here’s how it works:

Ezju makes 8-10 pots of coffee. "And then I boil it down to make this real thick consistency," Ezju says. He has to brew it just right. "If you burn it, it gets all plasticy and elasticy. You can’t do anything with it," he says.

Ezju got the idea to use coffee when a friend of his spilled coffee on a napkin. they looked at the napkin and joked ‘That’s art!’ Ezju has been using coffee for his paintings ever since. "I think it’s warm. Rather warm and inviting," he says referring to his work.

And brown.

Uh, maybe I’m an artist too? I just replicated the same artwork shown above on my kitchen counter without even trying.

Check out more of his "art" here.

UPDATE: Ok, I admit, these are better.