The art of DIY: Incredible pictures that show how the power tools in your garage can create messy masterpieces
Swiss artist coats drill bit with paint before turning it on and photographing the resulting swirls of colour
- He uses special sensors connected to the drill to fire the flash and push the shutter at speeds of one 40,000th of a second
By DAMIEN GAYLE
These curious pictures look as though they could be of some mysterious cosmic event - but in fact they are artworks created using a high-powered drill.
The power-tool art attack is the work of Fabian Oefner who captures the flight of paint from the end of a drill bit with a camera exposure of just one 40,000th of a second.
His latest 'Black Hole' series celebrates the physics of centripetal force and the effects it has on simple paint and an ordinary drill with a metal rod on the end.
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Vortex: The amazing swirls of colour created by artist Fabian Oefner using paint and a drill
Swirling: Mr Oefner uses an exposure of just one 40,000th of a second to capture these amazing freeze-frames
Colourful: Centripetal force flings the paint from the drill bit at high speed to make these mesmerising patterns
Vibrant: 'The motion of the paint happens in a blink of an eye,' Mr Oefner said
Methodical: The artist connects a sensor to the drill bit to fire his camera and flash at just the right moment
Spiral: Mr Oefner's gear is capable of making flashes as short as 1/40,000 of a second, freezing the motion
The incredible result of Mr Oefner's work comes out looking like a picture taken on the Hubble Telescope of some cosmic event.
The 29-year-old, from Switzerland, said: 'The motion of the paint happens in a blink of an eye, the images you see are taken only millisecond after the drill was turned on.
'To capture the moment, where the paint forms that distinctive shape, I connected a sensor to the drill, which sends an impulse to the flashes.
'These specialised units are capable of creating flashes as short as a 1/40000 of a second, freezing the motion of the paint.'
Cosmic: Mr Oefner said his work was trying to bring the worlds of art and science together in one place
Wild: Jackson Pollock's drip paintings gave Mr Oefner the inspiration for this series of pictures
Difference: Unlike Pollock, however, the focus of these artworks is the action itself, Mr Oefner says
Anger: Many of the pictures look like silly string swung around in a circle
Mr Oefner at work in his studio: His work has just been exhibited in Zurich, Switzerland
Mr Oefner said his work was trying to bring the worlds of art and science together in one place.
'The way that the structures and colours you see in the images are created was by using very simple, scientific phenomena,' he said.
'By showing this phenomena in an unseen an poetic way, I would like to invite the viewer to find out more'
Fabian Oefner
'By showing this phenomena in an unseen an poetic way, I would like to invite the viewer to find out more about it, which will hopefully make us appreciate the magic that's constantly around us even more.
'The inspiration for this project in particular comes from looking at the drip paintings of Jackson Pollock.
'Contrary to Pollock`s masterpieces, which show the result of his action painting, I am putting the focus on showing the action itself.'
Mr Oefner's work has just been exhibited in Zurich, Switzerland, and featured in both scientific and art journals.
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