Push Pin Mosaic

Eric Daigh of northern Michigan USA holds the Guiness World Record for the biggest push pin mosaics.

At fist glance, his pictures appear to be low-resolution images. But look closer and you can see that each portrait is made of thousands of coloured push pins.

Each of Eric's portraits are almost 6 feet high and use more than 20,000 pins. They can take around eight months to complete.

Daigh begins his artworks with a digital photograph of his subject. Then he uses a computer to create a low-res five-colour image using the primary colours of red, blue and yellow, plus black and white. From that, he produces a grid map showing him where to stick the pins, row by row. Daigh feels success when he can push "1,000 pins a day."

To view more work by Eric Daigh, click here:

Constantly on the prowl for projects elementary-school-age children could do for auction fund raisers, I think Push-pin mosaics might be a great idea if simplified.

ALSO FYI: If you have an introvert in the family that's sometimes hard to connect with or just need a great coffee table book to have on hand during parties and family-get-togethers, "The Guiness World Records" and "Ripley's Believe It or Not" books are the perfect solution. Fascinating to look through, these books never fail to provide interest and conversation starters. The things people do in this world are simply amazing.