Paintings made of nails

We continue the heading "Post from the past": Do you think you can only nail shelves with nails? You're wrong! Sculptor and artist Markus Levin makes real works of art out of them. The cost of the masterpieces depends on the number of nails used to create them.

Markus Levin with one of his works, which took 26,600 nails. This painting is for sale for $39,750. (JONATHAN HORDLE / REX FEATURES)

All the works of Markus Levin, presented at the exhibition at Gallery 27 in London, are made only with a hammer and nails. (JONATHAN HORDLE / REX FEATURES)

Hammering nails into wooden panels at different distances from each other, Marcus creates incredible paintings. (JONATHAN HORDLE / REX FEATURES)

A detailed view of one of the paintings by Marcus Levin. (JONATHAN HORDLE / REX FEATURES)

Most of the Yorkshire sculptor's works depict the human body. Levin used nails to create more abstract and inanimate sculptures, but he suddenly realized that the relationship "between rough angular nails and soft curves of the human body is simply incredible and will catch the eye." (JONATHAN HORDLE / REX FEATURES)

The price of each painting depends on the number of nails used to create it. For example, it took 3,500 nails to create these sponges, so they cost 3,500 pounds (about $ 5,250). (JONATHAN HORDLE / REX FEATURES)

Marcus Levine poses with one of his masterpieces. (JONATHAN HORDLE / REX FEATURES)

The exhibition opened on March 22 in one of the most popular galleries in London – "Gallery 27". (JONATHAN HORDLE / REX FEATURES)

The master at work. (JONATHAN HORDLE / REX FEATURES)