Martin Hsu is a Los Angeles based self proclaimed “Art nerd.” His above piece, “Birds of a Feather” is featured on the blog Scissorhands 20th. Scissorhands 20th was started by Seb Mesnard and is a collection of works by various artists all paying tribute to Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands. I suppose the blog could have been featured here before, or the film, considering that the main character’s primary struggle surrounds his anatomy. This particular piece though, is beautiful on so many levels.

For those who are unfamiliar with the story, one thing Edward (Johnny Depp) does is create art out of shrubbery. And the idea for creating Edward came to the inventor (Vincent Price) after thinking of creating a person out of cookie heart. Part of what makes Edward so genuinely kind is his heart.

I love Hsu’s piece because it is a heart, but also because it shows a split, just as Edward experiences rifts from the community that once embraced him and then turned their backs.

Check out more of Hsu’s work on his blog. And check out more Scissorhands tributes at Scissorhands 20th.

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