OK, We’re Going to Make These Screws into a Painting. Really.

At BeThePro we look for innovative way to incorporate art and design into the construction trades. Customers continue to ask for high-design components of everything from a bathroom renovation to the cooking area on the deck. We’re looking for the unusual; like the guy who takes a product designed for construction and makes it into an element for conventional art.

Well, the guys (and woman) over at homefixated.com have recently found a new artist, with a very unique paint brush — screws. Andrew Myers of Andrew Myers Art actually makes “paintings” out of driving screws into wood. I’m not an art person, so it astounds me that someone can just put together a bunch of wood screws and make it look like a painting of a person. Screw art is an unusual way of expressing yourself. We tip a gritty hat to Mr. Myers; he really is showing that art can be made out of anything — and can be applied almost anywhere. Maybe that bathroom remodel?

You can read through the whole run down of Andrew Myers’ work here on the post by Leroy from homefixated.com.

Imagine all the hours of driving in screws to create a masterpiece like this
Photo: AndrewMeyersArt.com

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