Art student's car vanishing act

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/8030766.stm

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Sara Watson took three weeks to transform the car



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A design student made a battered old Skoda "disappear" by painting it to merge with the surrounding car park.

Sara Watson, who is studying drawing at the University of Central Lancashire (Uclan), took three weeks to transform the car's appearance.

She created the illusion in the car park outside her studio at Uclan's Hanover Building in Preston.

The car is now being used for advertising by the local recycling firm that donated the vehicle.

'Just amazing'

Ms Watson, a second year student, said: "I was experimenting with the whole concept of illusion but needed something a bit more physical to make a real impact."

She was given the Skoda Fabia from the breaker's yard at local firm Recycling Lives.

Owner Steve Jackson described her work as "amazing".

"When I first saw the photos I was convinced it was something which had been done on the computer," said Mr Jackson.

"But when you look more closely you see the effort and attention to detail she has put into it. It is just amazing."
 

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No disrespect to the artist, but I'd die of laughter if it got nailed by a truck.
 

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Future;2765448 said:
No disrespect to the artist, but I'd die of laughter if it got nailed by a truck.

or if a skater or a bicyclist run into it.
 

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What kind of parking lot has that sort of checkerboard design?

But yeah, that is pretty cool.
 
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