String art is one of those deceptively simple things: Crisscross string back and forth between tiny nails hammered into a board until they form a recognizable image. At the simplest levels, it’s ...

Discover the mesmerizing world of Brazilian artist Iram Lima, where geometric dreams come to life through nails and string.

Creating recognizable portraits of people with one continuous piece of black cotton thread 12 football fields long is “intense,” Kim Denne says. Running that piece of thread back and forth between 240 ...