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Sebastian Wickeroth champions the humble felt-tip as abstract art

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Date
30 April 2012

Although Sebastian usually creates artwork channelling the pleasing destruction of enormous geometric cuboids, he sometimes takes time out to focus on these magnificent felt-tip creations. If you’ve ever made lines as straight as these before – whether it be painting a skirting board or merely constructing an accurate diagram – you’ll understand the feeling of satisfaction that Sebastian must experience on a daily basis and start to envy him as much as I do.

An abstract composition of sharp, diagonal stripes in navy, bright blue, pink and white. The colours overlap in jagged, geometric shards across the frame.
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Sebastian Wickeroth: Markerpen on paper

A close-up of a textured surface featuring tight, horizontal blue and white stripes. The colours gradient from a deep indigo on the left to a pale, bright blue on the right.
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Sebastian Wickeroth: Markerpen on paper

A black and white close-up of a ribbed surface with fine horizontal lines. The light creates a rhythmic pattern of bright and dark bands across the frame.
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Sebastian Wickeroth: Markerpen on paper

An abstract illustration of sharp, diagonal stripes in red, blue, yellow, green and black. The colours overlap in a rhythmic, zig-zagging pattern across a white background.
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Sebastian Wickeroth: Markerpen on paper

An abstract composition of red and white geometric shapes. Red bands with fine horizontal lines overlap to create sharp, angular forms across a white background.
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Sebastian Wickeroth: Markerpen on paper

A series of grey, ribbed fabric strips are layered diagonally across a white background. The strips overlap to create a stepped, architectural effect.
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Sebastian Wickeroth: Markerpen on paper

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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