TOM QUIRK, 36, has been using his vacuum cleaner to draw things like Mona Lisa, Donald Trump and a racing car in the fabric for years. Living in Coleford, Britain, Quirk said that he started it couple of years ago when he went to Dunelm and bought a new rug. “The following day I was getting on with the house work and noticed how the lines showed up really well when vacuuming with our vacuum cleaner. I started just doing stripes, then it kind of escalated from there; the following weekend I did curves, followed by different patterns and then a random one of the Silverstone F1 circuit showed up as it was the British grand prix weekend.” “From there I decided to have a go at famous faces, it started with Jack Nicholson from ‘The Shining’ in the famous ‘Here’s Jonny’ scene. Then I did Mona Lisa, Slash, Pennywise, The Joker and my personal favorite Donald Trump,” he added. Quirk then explained how to use a vacuum cleaner to draw things. “You have to hoover the rug all over in just one direction first so it gives you an all over light image. Then I remove the hose and add the thin attachment to the end and drag the long fibers in the opposite direction to get the shadows of faces. It normally takes me about 15 to 20 minutes which isn’t bad considering it took Leonardo da Vinci four years to paint ‘Mona Lisa.’” “My wife asks if I have polished or reminding me of other chores that need doing. But you can’t polish Mona Lisa into a coffee table.”(SD-Agencies) | 