Print

Card Art


By Marie Ørstedholm

Phonecards can be used for other things than telephoning. The artist Dimce Manev uses them for his exceptional mosaic pictures.


With his large mosaic portrait of Queen Margrethe depicting the Queen’s features and dress in precise details and nuances Dimce Manev has proved that art can be created even out of used phonecards. The portrait of the Queen is one of six mosaics which his original idea has resulted in so far.

Diligence and Patience
Behind every single mosaic lies months of patient fiddly work. It usually takes Dimce Manev between three and four months of concentrated work to make his mosaics. He was, however, working on the mosaic of the Queen for eight months.

The motifs are built up by thousands of tiny pieces of cut phonecards that have been pasted on a wooden plate one by one. One single phonecard seldom provides more than a few applicable pieces as they need to be of a special shade. When the motif has been finished, the picture is lacquered so that each individual mosaic piece stays in its place. The many hundred of cards required for a mosaic are being delivered and sponsored by Tele Danmark.

Dimce Manev is a refugee from Macedonia who is today living on the island of Bornholm while waiting for his residence permit.


Print

All rights reserved. No part of this website may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or ortherwise, whitout the prior written permission of the publisher.