Magical Foam Artwork Made with a Sharpie

12/14/2009 | By Diana Adams

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What can you do with a sharpie and a styrofoam cup? If you ask Cheeming Boey, you can do a lot. He started doodling on these cups with a sharpie in 2006. Long story short, he is now selling these cups around the world for hundreds of dollars each.

Many people raise an eyebrow when they see this art created on a material that will be polluting an ocean somewhere in years to come, but according to http://www.ocregister.com, it’s good to create lasting art that won’t be thrown away. Cheeming says, “These cups last thousands of years, and my Sharpie says its permanent ink. These things are going to last generations. It’s archival material.”

Like many creative artists, he discovered his talent by accident. He was bored in a coffee shop, he wanted to doodle, he didn’t have any paper, so he grabbed an empty cup, and the rest is history. Just for the record, he also draws on banana skins.

You can read this fabulous interview with him on the Sharpie blog: http://www.sharpieuncapped.com And, you can see more of his artwork on his flickr page here: http://www.flickr.com

This is a time lapse video showing how he creates these designs:

Author: Diana Adams

By day, Diana is the CEO/owner of Adams Consulting Group, Inc, a technology services and business solutions consultancy firm serving the specific needs of its clients in advertising and public relations. By night, she lives and breathes by writing. After publishing a small cookbook last year, she is now working on her new masterpiece, scheduled for publishing next year. “I could write all night long and not get tired of it. I think that is when you know you’ve tapped into a true passion. Whatever that thing may be, if you could do it all day or night long, lose track of time, ‘wake up’ ten hours later, and still thirst for more, that is a passion, and I feel like I’ve found that in my writing.” Diana also spends many hours each week assisting the homeless men and women in Atlanta. You can find her on Twitter at @adamsconsulting.

8 Comments

Joyce

December 15th, 2009

wow the details are just amazing! they will look really good in the office!

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Misty Belardo

December 15th, 2009

I love these very creative, a good way to show what an artist can do with everyday items. Thank you for sharing!!

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Ann

December 15th, 2009

This guy is in a league of his own. Thanks for posting this, your posts are always so inspiring.

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DJ Thistle

December 16th, 2009

Emailed this to everyone I know. Loved it. Thanks Diana.

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Diana Adams

December 16th, 2009

Thank you all for your comments and support. I’m so glad you enjoyed this and I am grateful for you. Happy Holidays!

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Your Name

December 16th, 2009

there are two things that most art is not. creative and good. these are both- truly.

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December 18th, 2009

WOW! Love this, Diana.

This artist reminds me of my parents friend, Robert Cheung. He lives in China now but was born in the states. He would make these cards that had such fine detail and writing so small you needed a magnifiying glass to read the book he practically wrote on it – postcard size.

I kept them, I hope they’re still in my room.

The detail here is amazing. I’m so glad you have a video showing how he works that pen. #skillz Brillant.