Digital cameras are just too darn exact. They give you a perfect likeness of the thing you just photographed! There’s no room for interpretation.

I mean, how are you going to convince people that your masterpiece “represents man’s struggle” when they can clearly make out a rusty VW Beetle?

It’s time for a change, people! I challenge you to throw out your digital cameras. (Or at least place them carefully in their protective cases and store them temporarily in the hallway cupboard) It’s time to release your inner-artists by embracing your scanners!

So this kind of stuff used to be done with the office copier. But I just couldn’t bring myself to waste the paper. Come to think of it, I couldn’t bring myself to work in an office either!

Scanner Art Exhibit 1

The hand is bounced up and down–perpendicular to the plane of the scan–as the scan progresses:

Scanner Art Exhibit 2

The Lady of the Lake rises mysteriously from the depths. But where is Excalibur?

Scanner Art Exhibit 3

The hand is moved back and forth at a high rate as the scan progresses.

Scanner Art Exhibit 4

The hand is moved back and forth at a medium rate as the scan progresses.

Scanner Art Exhibit 5

The hand is moved back and forth at a lowrate as the scan progresses.

Scanner Art Exhibit 6

The hands are placed on the table to either side of the scanner.

Scanner Art Exhibit 7

The tribble is rotated 90 degrees about the X-axis and 90 degrees about the Z-axis. Medium pressure is applied.

Scanner Art Exhibit 8

The scanner is washed.

The subject is moved approximately 30 cm vertical to the scanner.

Scanner equipment: Canon LiDE 30