A graphic designer from Sunderland is making a huge Marilyn Monroe artwork made out of over 26,000 screws in memory of his dad.
Darren Timby has been working on the huge six-foot-high and four-foot-wide board for the past three months shortly after his dad Billy died in January this year.
Once finished, it will weigh 13 stone and Darren, who has struggled to find work during Covid-19, will have used 26,304 screws of different colours to create Marilyn's famous face.
The 38-year-old from Roker, Sunderland, said he's making it in memory of his dad Billy Timby who he said was the driving force behind his creativity.
He said: "I lost my dad in January and we were like two peas in a pod, we did everything together.
"My dad was quite creative and this is something me and him would have been working on together but I didn't quite start it until after he passed away.
"He was a Jack of all trades, he taught us about not rushing into things and to plan what we're going to do.
"Every day he would be knocking on my door before I was even up and he would just start drilling holes.
"We did lots of stuff in his garden, his conservatory and he was always into casting.
"Marilyn Monroe was one of my dad's favourite female stars and he loved Elvis Presley so I'd love to do an Elvis one next."
The screws are drilled into a face board with a timber frame surrounding it with Darren estimating he has spent £450 on materials.
Each screw is a pixel in the montage and Darren uses, black, silver, white and grey colours as well as red coloured screws for Marilyn's lips.
Darren has been working on the project for three months and expects to be finished in another month.
He said: "I started not long after my dad died. It took about a month to just plan alone, so it does take a lot of work!
"It does look really good, I've done most of the features but I still have another third to do."
Darren, who runs ImageBlox, said he hopes to see the art piece up on display somewhere.
He added: "I would like to see it in a gallery or in an American diner or nice pub.
"My business is printing canvases and understandably, it's not a priority for people to get canvases printed with Covid-19 so this really has provided an escape for me.
"I can also recreate loved ones and famous faces in the same way."
