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    Piecening sport and art. Young prodigy from India makes Messi's portrait with nails and sewing threads03:14

    Piecening sport and art. Young prodigy from India makes Messi's portrait with nails and sewing threads

    India, Panjal
    World Cup Qatar 2022Human InterestSport
    December 11, 2022 at 06:56 GMT +00:00 · Published

    Known for its long tradition in the art of sewing, Indian culture has produced prodigious exponents that use thread and weaving techniques to create authentic works. At the Panjal village, in Kerala state, Southern India, Diljith Pramod, a 15-year-old school student, needed just four days to make a realistic portrait of football star Lionel Messi, using only nails and black sewing threads.

    According to the artist, he used 210 nails fixed on a white plywood that served as the base for the impressive portrait and about 3,200 metres of black thread.

    "I would like to hand it over to Messi, I would like to see him and hand it over to him, that is my desire", reveals the teenager.

    The artist reportedly saw a similar picture on YouTube and decided to create such a figure of his favourite player, Lionel Messi. According to Diljith, he also consulted with his maths teacher to set the correct measurements for the picture.

    Moreover, a 10th-grade student has already proved his mettle in drawing, painting and clay modelling.

    Piecening sport and art. Young prodigy from India makes Messi's portrait with nails and sewing threads03:14
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    Known for its long tradition in the art of sewing, Indian culture has produced prodigious exponents that use thread and weaving techniques to create authentic works. At the Panjal village, in Kerala state, Southern India, Diljith Pramod, a 15-year-old school student, needed just four days to make a realistic portrait of football star Lionel Messi, using only nails and black sewing threads.

    According to the artist, he used 210 nails fixed on a white plywood that served as the base for the impressive portrait and about 3,200 metres of black thread.

    "I would like to hand it over to Messi, I would like to see him and hand it over to him, that is my desire", reveals the teenager.

    The artist reportedly saw a similar picture on YouTube and decided to create such a figure of his favourite player, Lionel Messi. According to Diljith, he also consulted with his maths teacher to set the correct measurements for the picture.

    Moreover, a 10th-grade student has already proved his mettle in drawing, painting and clay modelling.