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Bounsay Pipathsouk crafts images while sitting on a porcelain, water-filled object. It’s not typical, but his toilet just happens to be one of the fixtures in his creative space. He said his bathroom is the perfect studio because its window lets in amazing light.
“And it s so bright in there. It s not big,” he added. “I m not so proud of that to work in the bathtub [and] sit on my toilet seat, but you have to do whatever you have [to do].”
Bounsay Pipathsouk drawing Grace Kelly.
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This Laotian charcoal artist discovered his love for drawing at eight years old. He said the only art supplies his family could afford back then were paper and pencil. His teacher told him that a pencil was just as good as any other drawing utensil, so Pipathsouk stuck with it.
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