Coffee Cup Art

By Miss Cellania in Art on Jul 29, 2009 at 11:49 am

Cheeming Boey creates small pieces of art by sketching on foam coffee cups! His friends told him they would never sell, but that was before Marion Meyer saw them.

“I personally liked them,” says the former president of the Laguna Beach Art Walk. “And that’s how I select artists. When I connect to the energy and passion someone creates in their art, that’s when I like it.”

Meyer invited Boey to display his cups at her gallery during the monthly Art Walk. They sell for $120 to $220.

Link to story. Link to Flickr set. -via Buzzfeed

Also see Boey’s website.

Tags: drawing, foam cups, Styrofoam

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Babycakes
Jul 29th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Very cool art. I don’t think I’d pay $200 for the art, but very cool.
Screen Sleuth
Jul 29th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Nice art, but same reaction here: $200? Not quite.
SenorMysterioso
Jul 29th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Id buy a print for $200
xadrian
Jul 29th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
I have much cheaper index card art if anyone’s interested.

Seriously.
Kalel
Jul 29th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Someone would have to be in his cups to pay that much.
absolin
Jul 29th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
xadrian, if your index card art is cheaper, then it’s less valuable =) that’s how the art world works, right?
jermH
Jul 29th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Definitely wouldn’t pay that much. What amazes me is that his friends thought it wouldn’t sell. These are really nice.
wolfie_inu
Jul 30th, 2009 at 4:43 am
Neat. Interesting medium, but there are some… stranger… mediums than marker and coffee cup, so we can forgive him.
Video Game Dork
Jul 30th, 2009 at 5:27 am
Who tells their ‘friends’ “Oh your art will never sell.” Constructive criticism is one thing, but thats kinda of crappy.
M
Jul 30th, 2009 at 5:56 am
Here comes fine art cups for coffee.
Hobbes5
Jul 30th, 2009 at 9:00 am
I would buy one, I think. After all, it’s Styrofoam and will last longer than some old degradable Picasso.
xadrian
Jul 30th, 2009 at 11:35 am
@absolin You’re probably right. Which is why you won’t see it here…ever.
teafordinner
Jul 30th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Wow I didn’t think that it was profitable. I do coffee cup drawings during long … loooong boring meetings at werk: http://moourl.com/mdl6o
yay art, and death to boredom.

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