© Johanna Basford
The never ending talent that is Johanna Basford has astounded me yet
again..... Recently she attracted attention from Creative Review with
her re-drawn front cover of their magazine and now she's launched #TwitterPicture, "a unique concept merging
creativity with social networking platform, Twitter.
On Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th
October, She invited the Tweeters to get involved and help create the
world's first Twitter inspired artwork. The torrent of tweets came
thick and fast, draining several dozen of her beloved fine liners within
the first 3 hours.The result is an inky, hand drawn snap shot of Twitter imaginations
over a 48 hour period. The weird and the wonderful, the quirky, the
bizarre, the emotional and the political are all captured in delicately
penned detail to form this most eclectic of artworks."
The
result is 100 very exclusive, hand printed, limited edition silk screen
prints of the #TwitterPicture. Each numbered and signed print will be
sold with a Twitter Artists' Certificate, detailing the name and
suggestion of every person who contributed in its creation. Amazing,
and just the kind of thing Jo B has been talking about with (say it in
an American accent) "User Created Content"
You can follow Johanna'a adventures on Twitter
here or her website
here.