Kumi Yamashita makes portraits with thousands nails and a sewing thread

2. Kumi
Yamashita,
born in
Japan, is a
New York
based artist

4. Kumi Yamashita creates
mesmerizing portraits made
from a single, unbroken
thread.

6. This body of
work consists of
three simple
materials that,
when combined,
produce the
portraits: a
wooden panel
painted a solid

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