November 4, 2006: Portrait of nails

Undertoad · 11-04-2006, 12:18 PM

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

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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!

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

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

milkfish · 11-05-2006, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

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

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.....

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.

11-04-2006, 12:23 PM	#2
mcnugget91 Provocateur Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9	How old is that picture? He might be finished by now. I'd like to see the finished work! __________________

11-04-2006, 01:07 PM	#4
chrisinhouston Lecturer Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 987	I would have used a nail gun. Home Depot has them on sale for the holidays! __________________ "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well I have others!" Groucho Marx

11-04-2006, 02:32 PM	#5
mcnugget91 Provocateur Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9	Thanks Max! Wow, it's amazing! His other stuff isn't too shabby either. __________________

11-04-2006, 04:07 PM	#6
axlrosen Major Inhabitant Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 125	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... __________________ Warp Bill Gates

11-04-2006, 04:52 PM	#7
CaliforniaMama Thinking, thinking, thinking Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: God's country, or the land of the crazies? Posts: 233	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 Attached Images

11-04-2006, 12:35 PM	#3
maximum Writer of Writings Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 14	Signed and delivered

11-05-2006, 10:57 AM	#10
maximum Writer of Writings Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 14	think he used one of those anti-vibrating hammers, with the tuning fork inside?

11-06-2006, 05:19 AM	#11
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,015	Notice the carpal tunnel wrist band? He's probably on full disability now...

11-06-2006, 07:16 AM	#12
chrisinhouston Lecturer Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 987	To suffer to produce your art, now that's dedication! __________________ "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well I have others!" Groucho Marx

11-06-2006, 08:14 AM	#13
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 3,033	I've never been a fan of artists who just bang out the work. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

11-06-2006, 04:59 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 36,410	Groan..... __________________ The Truth and Robert Shapiro Shall Set You Free.

11-07-2006, 09:14 AM	#15
magilla Belt Conveyor Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 67	Man, I thought for sure it was gonna be someone doing something with fingernails. Glad I was wrong.

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