Artists are usually out-of-the-box thinkers and have their own exceptional ways of expressing their emotions through different forms of art. Among them is one such artist who has earned the spotlight recently for having created unimaginable masterpieces of art just with a typewriter. James Cook is an artist who uses an unconventional medium: a typewriter.
James started creating typewriter portraits as part of his A-Levels and is now a full-time typewriter artist who can count Tom Hanks as a fan. While appearing on The Kelly Clarkson Show, James sent Tom Hanks a portrait of him that he’d created. Tom Hanks, one of the world’s most famous typewriter enthusiasts, replied to James, telling him that his portrait was “super”.
The artist says he was “blown away” when the actor signed the artwork. James Cook sent Hanks a portrait but admitted he “forgot about it” until he received an unexpected letter in the post. To James Cook, a reply from the world’s most famous typewriter enthusiast was an ambition.
The handwritten message read: “To James Cook, This is super! Tom Hanks.” “