Matterhorn, Switzerland
I have been working on a series of automated drawings based on a small program I wrote. The application translates pixel values of an image into lines in four directions (horizontal, vertical, bottom-left/top-right, top-left/bottom-right). By overlapping these lines, various shades of grey are created, thus translating the bitmap image into a line drawing. The resulting .svg vector file is plotted out with archival ink on 14 by 17-inch paper (Strathmore, 80 lb.) The drawing process takes, depending on the complexity of the image, 3 to 4 hours.
My starting point for these drawings was based on my love and interest in mountains. I grew up surrounded by the Austrian Alps and I wanted to pay homage to some of my favorite mountains. All of the mountains chosen have a very personal story behind them. Most of them I had the pleasure to climb in the past or have a special meaning to me.
The Matterhorn, arguably one of the most iconic mountains of the Alps, is a large, near-symmetrical pyramidal peak in the extended Monte Rosa area of the Pennine Alps. Its summit is 4,478 meters (14,692 ft) high, making it one of the highest summits in the Alps and Europe.
