Artist Erika Simmons makes these beautiful portrets just from some tape. Any kind of tape: old film reels or old cassette. You name it. As she describes it herself:

“I like to take things- random things- like what you would find at a garage sale or in a thrift store- and make them into composite art. Most of my pieces become portraits of people associated with the item I’ve chosen. I don’t really add any paint or pigments… I usually just take things apart and re-arrange the pieces, cutting away portions when necessary. A lot of my art is made with cassette tapes and old film reels in a series I call Ghost in the Machine.”

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