Manchester-based Ed Chapman is one of the country’s leading mosaic artists. He has created portraits of some of the most iconic people of all time – including John Lennon, David Bowie and Debbie Harry. Last night, one of his more unusual mosaics – a portrait of Jimi Hendrix made from 5,000 Fender plectrums – was expected to reach up to £16,000 at Cancer Research’s Sound & Vision music heritage auction at London’s Abbey Road Studio.
On his website, Ed says about his plectrum portrait:
"Jimi Hendrix is a guitar legend and nobody played a Fender guitar quite like him.
“I decided to use plectrums to create a portrait of him because I like experimenting with different materials and textures and I think it is a fitting tribute to the musician.
“There’s no better place for it to go on sale than at a legendary home of music and I hope it raises as much as possible for charity.”
“I decided to use plectrums to create a portrait of him because I like experimenting with different materials and textures and I think it is a fitting tribute to the musician.
“There’s no better place for it to go on sale than at a legendary home of music and I hope it raises as much as possible for charity.”
