Artist Doug Geiger creates beautiful engravings using the "banana scrimshaw" technique

I really love artwork by Doug Geiger, who uses bananas — yes, actual real, fresh bananas — as a canvas, and a tattoo machine, sans ink, as a drawing instrument in a technique he calls 'banana scrimshaw.' These simple tools result in beautiful engravings that are incredibly detailed and heartbreakingly ephemeral. — Read the rest
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