The ePaperArtist is my experiment in making digital art permanent—not just on the blockchain, but in the real world. The process is simple but irreversible:
Create a 3-tone (black, white, red) pixel image.
Upload it to an ePaper display.
Cut off the ribbon cable.
At that point, the image is locked in forever. No refresh, no reset, no accidental changes—just frozen pixels, permanently burned into the screen. Each display is then mounted in a floating frame, turning it into a physical artifact that can’t be altered.
But I didn’t stop there. Every piece is also inscribed on Bitcoin as an Ordinal, meaning the art isn’t just locked into a screen—it’s also etched into the blockchain. One exists in physical space, the other in digital permanence. No take-backs, no server shutdowns, just art that refuses to die.
Now, I’m pushing the concept even further, experimenting with 7-color ePaper displays that bring higher resolution and more detail into the mix. The same idea, just with more depth and color options.
Crimson Pixels - Mini Scenes
The Genesis collection.
The first set of ePaperArtist pieces is called Crimson Pixels - Mini Scenes. A collection of 10 unique works, all built around the constraints of black, white, and red. This wasn’t just an art drop—it was an experiment in scarcity, permanence, and storytelling through limited color.
And instead of selling them, I gave them away for free. If you found me at a Beeple event, you got one. No mint price, no whitelist, no gas wars—just a real-world scavenger hunt for permanently inscribed art.
Each Crimson Pixels piece is now locked into its ePaper screen forever, mounted, and sitting in the hands of whoever tracked me down. And on top of that, each image exists on-chain as a Bitcoin Ordinal, ensuring it has a permanent digital twin.
Where does this all go next? Who knows. I’ll keep messing with ePaper, pushing the limits of permanence, and seeing where the chaos leads. If nothing else, this project is proof that digital art doesn’t have to be fleeting—it can be permanent, in ways we never really considered before.
The Future...
Current incomplete pieces
7 colour displays
Coming Soon™
After locking 10 pieces of pixel art into ePaper screens forever, it was only a matter of time before I went back for more. Enter Crimson Pixels – Landscapes—the next evolution of my ePaper experiment.
This collection keeps the same black, white, and red color limitations but scales up in detail, pushing 296x128 pixels to craft minimalist landscape scenes. Mountains, rivers, skies—stripped down to their rawest, most pixelated form, but still unmistakably landscapes.
Like before, each piece exists in two places at once:
Physically – Locked inside an ePaper display, ribbon cable snipped, image frozen forever.
Digitally – Inscribed on Bitcoin as an Ordinal, so it’s just as permanent on-chain.
The goal? Take something as fluid as nature and trap it inside a screen that never changes. No motion, no refresh, just a still moment, frozen in pixels, locked onto Bitcoin, and mounted in a frame.
This is just another step in the weird path of ePaperArtist, and honestly, I have no idea where it ends. But if you’re into permanent, experimental art with a touch of blockchain weirdness, you’re in the right place.
