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.
Tang Yawen, a visual communication design student, is hard at work creating precise lines
Tang Yawen's nail and string design of Marilyn Monroe
Tang Yawen guides the string around the nails to create the Marilyn Monroe design
Tang Yawen's nail and string design of Marilyn Monroe.