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Undertoad

11-04-2006 12:18 PM

November 4, 2006: Portrait of nails

http://cellar.org/2006/nailportrait.jpg

This one's been in the queue for a while too, but it's worthy. The official caption:

Quote:

Albanian artist Saimir Strati, 40, works on a portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci using industrial nails at the International Centre of Culture in Tirana. He is attempting to produce the world's largest three-dimensional portrait using nails in order to secure a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.

mcnugget91

11-04-2006 12:23 PM

How old is that picture? He might be finished by now. I'd like to see the finished work!

maximum

11-04-2006 12:35 PM

Signed and delivered :)

chrisinhouston

11-04-2006 01:07 PM

I would have used a nail gun. Home Depot has them on sale for the holidays! :D

mcnugget91

11-04-2006 02:32 PM

Thanks Max! Wow, it's amazing! His other stuff isn't too shabby either.

axlrosen

11-04-2006 04:07 PM

How good does a nail mosaic have to be to qualify for the record? This record seems pretty attainable if the goal is only quantity, not quality. I'm imagining a string of ever-bigger, ever-crappier art from all over the world...

CaliforniaMama

11-04-2006 04:52 PM

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Interesting. I wonder if he planned for tarnishing/rusting/weathering of nails and how that will modify the works . . .

Check out Inkie Whang's Lego piece: http://www.freynorris.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=9

DucksNuts

11-04-2006 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by maximum

Signed and delivered :)

Jeez - he really nailed it didnt he?

buahaha....my sincerest apologies, it was there for the taking, so I took it. I near laughed myself to death, but I'm still half pissed I think :redface:

milkfish

11-05-2006 05:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

I would have used a nail gun. Home Depot has them on sale for the holidays! :D

Why not use a nice handgun? They're easy to get too. (Why do I get the feeling that some artist somewhere has done this already?)

maximum

11-05-2006 10:57 AM

think he used one of those anti-vibrating hammers, with the tuning fork inside?

SPUCK

11-06-2006 05:19 AM

Notice the carpal tunnel wrist band? He's probably on full disability now...

chrisinhouston

11-06-2006 07:16 AM

To suffer to produce your art, now that's dedication! ;)

Sheldonrs

11-06-2006 08:14 AM

I've never been a fan of artists who just bang out the work.

xoxoxoBruce

11-06-2006 04:59 PM

Groan.....:rolleyes:

magilla

11-07-2006 09:14 AM

Man, I thought for sure it was gonna be someone doing something with fingernails. Glad I was wrong.

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