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We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too
We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too
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We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

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For the past 5 years, my best friend and I have been decorating the streets of Seattle with rain-activated street art. Our goal is to turn rainy days into a reason to smile.

When we started this project, we never imagined it would grow to become what it is today. Nearly every day, people are sharing photos of new rainworks they’ve made with the official hashtag: #Rainworks. It’s thrilling to see creative people giving their communities a reason to smile on rainy days.

Here’s a gallery of our best work!

Learn more (and get involved) at our website.

More info: rain.works | Facebook

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    A “rainwork” is a piece of street art that’s invisible until it’s revealed with water

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

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    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    Its purpose is to give people a reason to smile on rainy days

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    Rainworks are created by spraying a super-hydrophobic coating through a stencil

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    The super-hydrophobic coating keeps the concrete dry. So when it rains, all the untreated concrete gets wet, but the treated concrete stays dry

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

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    The contrast between the dry concrete, and the wet concrete is what makes the image appear

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    My best friend came up with the idea about 5 years ago, and we’ve been decorating the streets of Seattle with rainworks ever since

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    This was the first rainwork we ever made, back in May 2014:

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

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    We’ve made hundreds of other designs since then

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    Some of them are small and simple

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

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    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    Others are large and complex

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

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    Some are interactive

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    Some were made to honor biggest inspirations

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    Others are just interesting to look at

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    Last year, we built an app so people can find rainworks near them, and submit the locations of rainworks they’ve made

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    Now anybody can make a rainwork, and add it’s location to the map

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    People all over the world are creating their own rainworks, and contributing to the worldwide collaboration

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

    It’s crazy how far this project has come since we started it 5 years ago. Thank you to everybody who has gotten involved and/or shown support over the years!

    We Create Invisible Street Art That Only Appears When It Rains And You Can Do It Too

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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay, this is fantastic and I want to do one. But then I got to the end and now my main thought is "It's a good thing Hazel isn't a super common name or that could go very badly for some unsuspecting couple."

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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the name of my cat..

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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "The ground is lava" CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!!!

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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AWESOME! Such positive vibes in each creation. Makes me hope for rain to explore!

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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay, this is fantastic and I want to do one. But then I got to the end and now my main thought is "It's a good thing Hazel isn't a super common name or that could go very badly for some unsuspecting couple."

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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the name of my cat..

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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "The ground is lava" CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!!!

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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AWESOME! Such positive vibes in each creation. Makes me hope for rain to explore!

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