Hair

Illustrations of hair seem to be everywhere lately (actually, for a couple of years now). Perhaps it's another Victorian allusion, what with their hair ornaments, jewellery and other (possibly morbid) memorials?


Ghost of a Tether, Gala Bent, 2010


The Transmogrification Stunt, Gala Bent, 2009


Unicorn, Gala Bent, 2009


Star Wars, a hair portrait by Mr Bingo


Guns n Roses Hair Portrait by Mr Bingo


The Mighty Boosh Hair Portrait by Mr Bingo


Entire inside, Title of the project: Everything is connected, pencil drawing, size A1 (840mm*600mm) by Eika Dopludo


Into the nature, Title of the project:
Everything is connected, pencil drawing, size A1 (840mm*600mm) by Eika Dopludo


hair meditation © Eika. pencil drawing, size: 200см*150см


Presendential hair portraits by Christina Christoforou (who published a whole book called 'Whose Hair?')


Sister by Langdon Graves


Side by Langdon Graves


Heir by Langdon Graves



Bear Arms (2011) pencil crayon on paper
14 x 11 in. by Winnie Truong


Glamour and Abscess (2010)pencil crayon on paper 36″ x 48″ by Winnie Truong


Hard To Win Over (2011)pencil crayon on paper 48″ x 72″ by Winnie Truong

Jeweller Melanie Bilenkar ups the ante by actually using hair as a medium for illustration in her work. (I could do a whole other post on sculpture employing hair as well). She writes, “The Victorians kept lockets of hair and miniature portraits painted with ground hair and pigment to secure the memory of a lost love. In much the same way, I secure my memories through photographic images rendered in lines of my own hair, the physical remnants.”


Solitaire, Brooch (2009)
3 1/4”" x 2" x 1/2"
8 x 5.1 x 1.2 cm
Materials: Gold, ebony, resin, pigment, hair
by Melanie Bilenker


all by Melanie Bilenkar (via The Jealous Curator)