I was intrigued to come across this video clip of a portrait made with 15,000 push pins.
The music is the artist's own composition - details are provided at the video's YouTube page. Here's how he produced the image.
Looks like a lot of work! I don't know if I'd have the patience to push in 15,000 pins like that, one at a time . . . not to mention sorting through 50,000 of them to pick out the colors I wanted!
Peter
very interesting. Using the push pins like pixels, just larger pixels.
ReplyDeleteA small magnet would have helped in picking up the spilled pins. I know my thumbs would not be able to do that for long.
Any documentation of his hands (particularly the fingers)? Hehe.
ReplyDeleteSome people have the strangest interests.
ReplyDeleteI suspect this is good therapy for him.
Mine is sipping a fine Merlot while watching "Full Metal Jacket" on my 52-inch Flat-screen.
"Me love you long time!!!
That took a LOT of time... and he did good! :-)
ReplyDeleteThe "Me love you long time", is NOT a made up line stone came up with. I heard that line many a time in the city of City of Olongapo in the province of Zambales, Philippines, while I was there during the early 1970's.
ReplyDeletestone needs to pay Olongapo some royalties for stealing that line from them.