My type of art

★ AN artist uses a typewriter to recreate famous paintings – including by street star Banksy.

James Cook says he has done the extraordinary artwork to prove “some technologies will never die”.

★ The 26-year-old, from Braintree, Essex, has created seven pieces based on paintings and portraits, including Banksy’s Girl With Balloon, da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Vermeer’s Girl With A Pearl Earring, below.