Explore Zend's visual work (click on each image for more):

To create his visual art, Zend used technologies that were available to him, including the typewriter and computer. He also used whatever materials were at hand, including automotive gaskets, thumbtacks, and toilet paper rolls. Zend was also a prolific doodler, drawing his casual sketches (some quite intricate) on everything from Post-It notes to cocktail napkins. I think it’s fair to say that many of these have not been seen publicly for a very long time, possibly not since his death almost thirty years ago. The time is overdue for these visual works to reach a broader audience.

- excerpted from Camille Martin, "Robert Zend: Poet without Borders, Part 13. Gaskets, Thumbtacks, Toilet Paper Rolls...and Doodles," rogueembryo.com, March 15, 2014)

Panorama

Selected Artwork

The Toiletters

Linelife

Zend in "Typewriter Art" Anthology (2014)

Outlook and Inlook

TEXTual ARTivity