Spot work: stunning sculptures made from hundreds of thousands of nails

Spot work: stunning sculptures made from hundreds of thousands of nails

Categories: Culture | World

Markus Levine is a sculptor who specializes in creating statues depicting the human body. Markus uses an unusual technique: he makes statues out of a huge number of nails. It takes him several weeks to create some works, and sometimes even several months.

Spot work: stunning sculptures made from hundreds of thousands of nails

"I bring my ideas to life by hammering nails into large white wood panels at different distances from each other to work out the tone and texture in more detail. Most of my "nail sculptures" depict the human body. The main interest for me is the lines of the human figure. They are very natural and perfectly visible, for example, during graceful dances — this is the perfection of forms that I tried to portray, " says Markus.

Spot work: stunning sculptures made from hundreds of thousands of nails

Ballet dancer Dominic North.

Spot work: stunning sculptures made from hundreds of thousands of nails

Jean-Claude Van Damme as Sam Gillen ("Nowhere to Run", 1993).

Spot work: stunning sculptures made from hundreds of thousands of nails

Marcus and Jean-Claude are in the workshop.

Spot work: stunning sculptures made from hundreds of thousands of nails

Ballet dancer Dominic North.

Spot work: stunning sculptures made from hundreds of thousands of nails

Shadan, an Iranian dancer and model.

Spot work: stunning sculptures made from hundreds of thousands of nails

Yvette Chauvire, French ballerina.

Spot work: stunning sculptures made from hundreds of thousands of nails

Al Pacino.

Spot work: stunning sculptures made from hundreds of thousands of nails

Spot work: stunning sculptures made from hundreds of thousands of nails

Spot work: stunning sculptures made from hundreds of thousands of nails

"A horse named Almanzor. He is taught to perform all sorts of tricks for performances on television and for filming in movies. Such a beautiful animal! It was a great pleasure to work with him," said Markus.

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