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This Artist “Draws” Portraits by Shattering Glass with a Hammer

To a person with a hammer, everything looks like a nail. The exception to the rule is Swiss artist Simon Berger; while trained as a carpenter, he eventually turned his hammer into more of a paintbrush.

Berger’s technique is to precisely strike panes of glass with a hammer, using the resultant spiderwebs as highlights. In this manner, he’s able to create some astonishing portraits:

Here’s a time lapse of Berger in action:

I’d bet anything that young artists inspired by Berger ask him “So like, what kind of hammer do you use?”

See more on his Instagram.

via My Modern Met