Wuhan student recreates Marilyn Monroe portrait using only nails and string
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| Tang Yawen's nail and string design of Marilyn Monroe is propped up next to a copy of the photo. [Provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
Tang Yawen, a student at Wuhan University of Science and Technology majoring in visual communication design, used about 9,000 nails and string to recreate a portrait of Marilyn Monroe.
Tang said that he spent a month working on the portrait, and all together, the nails weighed more than 5 kilograms.
His piece of art has been awarded as the excellent graduation design by his university.
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