Comments on: Cheeming Boey

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:42:06 +0000

I agree. Except for those processes that have lasted for hundreds of years, the term “archival” is nebulous at best.

By: barry

barry — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:36:30 +0000

Sharpie ink is generally not archival, although their line of water-based paint markers is advertised as such. Most sharpies are dye based and acidic. Without knowing exactly what he is using, it is hard to say for sure. (and even then, it is increasingly popular for pen manufacturers to claim their ink is archival. But there remains to be hundreds of years of tradition behind such claims, so we all have to take their word for it.)

That being said, if you can turn a styrofoam cup into a 200 dollar museum piece, more power to you.

By: sarah

sarah — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:07:07 +0000

Love these! I agree about the cup a noodle places–it’s wonderful design and they would be fantastic–maybe they could even make limited edition designs.:-)
Very refreshing…

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:37:30 +0000

Thanks, David.

I think I missed that; but his linework does remind me of someone, though I can’t bring it to mind.

By: David Apatoff

David Apatoff — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:51:27 +0000

I’m not trying to be irreverent (because I do like his drawings) but does Cheeming Boey’s work remind anyone else of the Teeny Little Superguy from Sesame Street? That was an animated character drawn exclusively on plastic cups. I always thought that the artists created quite a challenge for themselves, drawing on a curved surface.

By: carikaki

carikaki — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:58:45 +0000

I wish he will work with the instant noodle giants of Japan and we can all enjoy our instant noodles with his design on it’s bowls! Or on Coke or Pepsi limited collection can… that will be cool for a summer collection!

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:46:42 +0000

Thanks, Susan. I’ve added a link to the main post.

By: susan wassel

susan wassel — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:53:12 +0000

check out http://www.sharpieuncapped.com for an interview with Cheeming about how he designs his coffee cups. Fabulosity!

By: alexis

alexis — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:28:56 +0000

no need to put these in glass cases – they’re indestructable as it is!

seriously though, these are lovely. must be a pain in the junk to store, though. they don’t exactly fold flat.

By: Jason Waskey

Jason Waskey — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:59:41 +0000

Ha! The first think I thought when I saw the pics (beyond, ‘wow! gorgeous’) was that the medium was more archival than most of what we work on today…