Sunderland designer pays tribute to Amy Winehouse by creating his fifth piece of art made entirely of screws

A Sunderland designer has paid tribute to British music legend Amy Winehouse with his latest screw art piece.
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Having previously created pieces dedicated to Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Freddie Mercury and David Bowie, designer Darren Timby, from Roker, has paid homage to Amy Winehouse.

The 39-year-old’s latest piece is made up of 12,500 screws and was set to be complete in time for December 3 when Amy Winehouse tribute act, Laura Jane Butler, was set to play at The Saltgrass, however it had to be postponed due to damage from Storm Arwen.

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Designer Darren Timby has created his fifth screw art piece. Photo: Michael Robbie.Designer Darren Timby has created his fifth screw art piece. Photo: Michael Robbie.
Designer Darren Timby has created his fifth screw art piece. Photo: Michael Robbie.

Darren, who has to colour the screws individually before adding them to the piece, has revealed what the process for his latest artwork has been like.

He said: “From coming up with the concept to where we are now, it has taken around eight weeks however with the tribute act being postponed, it has given me a little bit more time to work on it.

"Bowie was a challenge for me as it was the first time that I’d used coloured screws however I’ve stepped it up in this one using different tones for a rose in Amy’s hair and even went with a leopard print earring for her.

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"There is a lot more detail in this one than in the previous ones and the feedback has been even better than I expected on this one.

Darren's latest piece is made up of 12,500 screws. Photo: Michael Robbie.Darren's latest piece is made up of 12,500 screws. Photo: Michael Robbie.
Darren's latest piece is made up of 12,500 screws. Photo: Michael Robbie.
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“I’m now coming up with concepts for more, a vote on Facebook has revealed that George Michael, Prince and the Gallagher brothers are all quite popular.”

Darren began his screw art journey with the Marilyn Monroe piece, as a tribute to his dad Billy who died aged 77 in January last year and now is 15-year-old son Luke is beginning to get more involved.

He added: “With every piece that I’m doing, Luke is starting to get more involved in the art and he really helped me with the rose and the earring on Amy.

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"It’s especially nice given that I started the process as a way of paying tribute to my dad so it is great that he is able to help me with them.”

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