This artist from Milton Keynes, UK can create stunning pictures by just using nails and string.

Ben Koracevic, 28, ties great lengths of string around thousands of nails on a canvas to form detailed portraits and pictures.

He said: "The nail acts as the foundation and the string does all the shading, the same as a pencil with drawing! The nails range between 6000 - 39,000 per image, and the string ranges between 500 - 3000 metres!"

Footage from 2019 and 2020 shows Koracevic completing various pieces of art in his studio ranging from a portrait of Mohammed Ali to recreating the "lunch atop a skyscraper" photo.

"I quit my job 18 months ago and cashed in my life savings to fund an attempt of making a career out of it. I have now spent 70 plus hours a week in my studio practicing, and I love it" said the artist.

Ben Koracevic, 28, is a string artist from Milton Keynes, England.

Ben creates an image out of nails and string!

"The nail acts as the foundation and the string does all the shading, the same as a pencil with drawing! The nails range between 6000 - 39,000 per image, and the string ranges between 500 - 3000 metres!" said Ben.

Ben puts a lot of work and detail into each of his pieces, his largest piece took him 500 hours to finish!

To make it even more impressive, Ben has never studied art, he is entirely self taught! In fact, he has a science degree!

"I quite my job 18 months ago and cashed in my life savings to fund an attempt of making a career out of it. I have now spent 70 plus hours a week in my studio practicing, and I love it" said Ben.

These videos were filmed in 2019 and 2020 in his Stringometry Art Studio!


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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a91IpbxjCxk