We all have had the "what to do with my floor" conundrum. Do I add a rug? Install hardwood floors? How about polished concrete? I could go on and on, but I think it's safe to bet that the last solution that came to anyone's mind was permanent marker.
Heike Weber is a German installation artist who creates large scale pieces using heavy repetition. While she does painting and drawings on paper, her installations using permanent marker across floors and walls (in areas sometimes larger than 5,000 square feet) are quite amazing and beautiful. While I don't know many people that would allow their floors to be adorned with doodles in permanent marker, I think I could be compelled if Heike was doing the work.
To see more of Heike's installation work including her kilims made from silicone, visit Heike Weber.
Via: Design for Mankind
Images: Heike Weber
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extremely creative and interesting. Not sure I prefer it over stained concrete, but I think I would LOVE a combo: this kind of detail and visual interest over stained concrete. I think it would be subtle, but awesome.
Reminds me of the doodles I drew in high school. The blue wave effect is pretty trippy. Not for me, but I could totally see it in a bar or record store.
beautiful! but yes, it does remind me of the borders of all of my pages of notes in high school and college.
Loving the blue one. I've spent a lot of time at sea on ships and in kayaks. Trippy's a good word for it, but fun in an adrift sort of way.
The above article is missing the word "painstaking." I can't even fathom the amount of time something like this would take.
I'm sure it's sealed Trish.
I love this. I think I would prefer a slightly more subtle version if I ever had it in my own home.
This might be a better idea for a floor cloth than a a whole floor.
beautiful! if i could afford it, i would hire her to do a room in my house.
Jim Lambie does similar with tape: http://www.antonkerngallery.com/artist.php?aid=18
All lovely!
Ah, I've seen the red one before. Absolutely incredible!
I wonder how many pens it takes to do a room???
I love that blue wave one!! I'm going to start practicing on paper...
i definitely dig this
very cool. it is a great effect.. not something i'd do in my house but cool nonetheless
i saw this and it instantly reminded me of the countless hours i did this on my papers while in school! the red one looks the best with the space but the blue one is also great!
Wow could you imagine? Very cool looking.
The blue one makes my head spin!
However, the red one would look FABULOUS in my house. Sadly, I am not talented enough to doodle on my floors.
How ingenious!
Perfect to experiment with at a weekend home or something, esp. if the floors are painted.
Mmmmmmmm, wonder if I could this myself, or would it just look bad. Do love it though, real WOW factor
I'm cracking up a bit here, because clearly this woman is an installation artist. I could be wrong but I seriously doubt she does these painstaking artistic pieces for bars or people's living rooms. From what I could see on her site these pieces are generally exhibited in galleries and museums. She's not exactly someone you call up to "add some life to the guest room."
-anna
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Very cool and creative. I wonder how long it takes to do a whole room.
Wow! These are amazing, though I imagine quite headache-inducing, on a few levels.
Haha, Anna, I was thinking the same thing, and imagining people looking at, say, Damien Hirst's shark and going, "Cool, but I wouldn't put it in MY living room" or "I wonder if I could to that?"
Oh well. I guess you can't blame people, since AT is, after all, an interior design blog.
this is so stunning! i love it. takes a lot of patience...