Corban Lundborg spent years in the U.S Air Force as a combat cameraman and he has many memories of his deployment.
But the photojournalist developed one skill that he now uses on a full-time basis – creating art from coffee.
During the little downtime he got serving in the Air Force as a photojournalist, he began to make illustrations from instant coffee beans.
Each member of the squadron is given food entitled Meals Ready to Eat (MRE). Taking the coffee from that, Corban made Christmas illustrations to send to his mum.
He also made other paintings of his life overseas. After serving four years of honorable active service in the Air Force, Corban moved back to the U.S.
But he still serves as a reserve, based out of Charleston, South Carolina and he travels there each month for routine duty.
When he’s not serving, Corban is working as an artist from his studio in Los Angeles, fulfilling his passion.
‘I started painting with MRE coffee while deployed to East Africa with the U.S. Military,’ Corban explains to Metro.co.uk.
‘I had a very busy job but when I had downtime I would grab the coffee from our field rations and paint memories from the deployment with the instant coffee inside.
‘At the end of the deployment, I gave the paintings away to my military friends as gifts. I wanted them to go to good homes.’
Corban now lives as a full-time artist in Los Angeles with his wife who also creates art with him.
He is preparing for a few art shows and also making short films with his wife under their production company.
‘The coffee artwork is very quick to create, each piece might take an hour or two,’ he adds.
Some of his works include a rescue squadron helicopter with an added burnt texture created using matches from MRE packages.
As well as having a keen eye for photography, the artist has also dabbled in tattoo work, mastered during deployment to South Korea.
You can check out Corban’s vast portfolio here.
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source https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/28/air-force-combat-cameraman-creates-art-from-coffee-given-by-military-10996479/
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