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cliff maynard
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turning ordinary into
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Sometimes you have to see something for yourself in order to believe it to actually be true. And if I didn’t know better, had someone said that there was an artist who creates stunning mosaics made completely out of roach papers, I’d wonder why they weren’t sharing their clearly amazing bud. When he’s not putting art on a human canvas while working at Tony’s Tried & True in Port Orchard, Wash., tattoo artist Cliff Maynard is doing just that, “recycling on a higher level.”
By Karen E. Szabo sativamagazine.com
Born and raised in Ohio, Cliff moved to Pennsylvania to attend the Art Institute in Pittsburgh. While attending art school, he was studying mosaics when he came up with the idea that he could use roach paper in place of tiles. In doing so, he created his chronic art that has gained him national attention. In 1999, after collecting enough roach papers, Maynard pieced together his first masterpiece, a portrait of Jesus Christ. This particular piece has sentimental value and will never be for sale but will be
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