I assumed that individual pieces of string were used,
but not so, each picture has just one piece of sting used in it! we have featured string artists before, but they used coloured string,
but Hong
Kong-based artist Alfred Chen takes a single thread of a single color yarn that is over 5,000 meters
long and weaves it around a frame made up of around 300 metal nails to create
stunningly realistic celebrity portraits,
after
mapping out his thread portrait, Alfred then hammers the 300 metal nails into a
wooden frame, making sure they are a very specific distance apart,
then comes the hard part, wrapping the 5,000-meter-long
thread around the nails, patiently crisscrossing to create the illusion of
shadow, He needs to be very careful, because if the thread breaks, he has to
start over,
“You
cannot imagine that how many times I have experienced the issue of those pesky
threads breaking when I first started making these portraits,” the talented
artist told Insider Magazine. “Actually, the thread that I’m using right now is from
Spain, and it is made of polymer and relatively stronger than others, but it’s
still so thin and fragile. So, I have to stay completely focused during the
entire process, and I’m getting better now.”
because
a single wrong weave can ruin an entire portrait, Alfred can spend up to
three weeks hunched over one of his artworks, correcting any mistakes until it
turns out just the way he wants it, all from just one piece of string, amazing!
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