Tapes Deliver a Sticky Situation to Reality Television Show Contestants
Packaging tape was the medium of choice for a recent challenge on Spike TV’s “Ink Master” reality TV show.
While tattoo artists might prefer to create their art with ink, contestants on Spike TV’s “Ink Master” reality television show recently found themselves in a sticky situation. Their challenge? To create textured art on a piece of Plexiglass—with nothing but tan packaging tape.
In the Season 8 episode, contestants were given a Flash Challenge to test their artistic skills for developing contrast, with the winner of the challenge earning the right to assign human canvases in the episode’s Elimination Challenge. To achieve the contrast needed to create their intricate face designs, contestants added different numbers of layers of tape, creating various shades and tones—all with a time limit of just 5 hrs!