Washington-based painter Tyree Callahan modified a 1937 Underwood Standard typewriter, replacing the letters and keys with color pads and hued labels to create a functional “painting” device called the Chromatic Typewriter.
The thought of fusing typewriters with paint first came to Tyree Callahan while he was putting the finishing touches on a watercolour painting. He decided to feed this watercolour through an old Olivetti typewriter in order to add text through the painting, and this action suddenly inspired him to transform a 1937 Underwood Standard typewriter into The Chromatic Typewriter that we see here.
It’s worth noting that this is merely a conceptual piece and isn’t really a practical method for the creation of paintings. Callahan points out that he has only managed to produce a ’short paragraph’ with his chromatic typewriter as there are — as you might expect — a number of limitations when it comes to typing out a painting.
BillTowne on February 6th, 2021 at 04:34 UTC »
I would be interested in how the inking of the pads happened.
Munted-Focus on February 6th, 2021 at 05:25 UTC »
Glad to see that archeologists have uncovered the first gamer keyboard
TooShiftyForYou on February 6th, 2021 at 05:49 UTC »
The thought of fusing typewriters with paint first came to Tyree Callahan while he was putting the finishing touches on a watercolour painting. He decided to feed this watercolour through an old Olivetti typewriter in order to add text through the painting, and this action suddenly inspired him to transform a 1937 Underwood Standard typewriter into The Chromatic Typewriter that we see here.
It’s worth noting that this is merely a conceptual piece and isn’t really a practical method for the creation of paintings. Callahan points out that he has only managed to produce a ’short paragraph’ with his chromatic typewriter as there are — as you might expect — a number of limitations when it comes to typing out a painting.
Still a very cool idea and unique piece of art.
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