in awe

• November 4, 2015
• carpet drawings, Design Bic pens, Jonathan Bréchignac
• 13

When I discovered the work of french artist Jonathan Bréchignac I loved it at first sight. I’m intrigued by the result as much as the process it takes to create these amazing carpet drawings. His drawings are entirely drawn using just simple Bic pens. For him drawing is like a meditation, an activity which allows him to relax and focus. Jonathan Bréchignac gets his inspiration from traditional Muslim prayer rug, a rectangular woven tapestry used to cover the ground on which believers kneel down to pray.

“The carpet drawings grow spontaneously as they are being made, with the artist having no predetermined master plan on which the designs are based. For him, creating these drawings is like making something that is bigger than oneself, with an almost religious reassurance that indeed patience and hard work can make big things happen. If these carpets are a meditation on time and the universe, Bréchignac is measuring the entire world, with one pen stroke at a time.”

 credits yatzer.com with thanks