Arfé
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Arfé is the creation of artworks by staining with coffee
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The term may have been coined by Puerto Rican artist, Francisco Rivera Rosa, describing his painting
s of using coffee. The word comes from a combination of the words art and café. Thus, arfé is a portmanteau. It is sometimes spelled arfe and pronounced like "barf" by its critics. This art is also known as simple as 'Coffee Painting' or 'Coffee Art'.
Artists like Mira Chudasama, Amita Chudasama, Andrew Saur, Sarah Thomas and Angel Sarkela-Saur also paint with coffee.
Coffee
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
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The term may have been coined by Puerto Rican artist, Francisco Rivera Rosa, describing his painting
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
s of using coffee. The word comes from a combination of the words art and café. Thus, arfé is a portmanteau. It is sometimes spelled arfe and pronounced like "barf" by its critics. This art is also known as simple as 'Coffee Painting' or 'Coffee Art'.
Artists like Mira Chudasama, Amita Chudasama, Andrew Saur, Sarah Thomas and Angel Sarkela-Saur also paint with coffee.