An Alex-based artists uses fire and ashes for his artwork

Alexandria-based Egyptian artist Abdelrahman Al Habrouk uses fire and ash for his artwork. “Cigarettes fuel his art; he breaks them in half, painstakingly traces out monochrome images of celebrities or animals with the fine flakes of tobacco, then sprinkles his creations with gunpowder and sets them on fire,” says Reuters. “The resulting scorch-marks on the white paper form the portrait.” The 23 year-old experimented first with salt, sand, and coffee before finally settling on tobacco. He calls it “[making] something good out of something bad.”