Sunderland artist marks Oasis reunion with giant screw art portrait of Noel and Liam Gallagher

Artist Darren Timby has recreated an iconic image of Liam and Noel Gallagher using 13,500 screws.

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00:00With Oasis announcing that they are once again getting back together,

00:04son and screw artist Darren Timmy has created a replication here using 13,000 screws

00:10of a famous picture of the brothers taken in the 1990s.

00:16Okay then Darren, so what inspired you to create this piece about Oasis?

00:20Well, Oasis were my favourite band of the 90s. I think, as with millions of others,

00:27I hoped that they would get back together in recent years and unbelievably they have,

00:37and I just thought it was the perfect time to showcase what I've done as my intentions were

00:43always to try and bring them back together metaphorically on canvas.

00:49I understand it's a famous picture from the 90s, is that right?

00:52It is, yes.

00:53And how many screws were involved in this one then?

00:5513,500 in this one.

00:58And in terms of Oasis tracks, have you had them played as you were creating this?

01:01Oh yeah, as with all my other subjects that I do, I always try and

01:07play the soundtrack from that subject, so it was great to put all the bass sides on,

01:14the original singles, Around Our Way, Aquius, Columbia, my favourite track, just

01:20flashing memories come back, you know, when you're working on these things,

01:24especially to the music, so that was great.

01:27I know like a lot of people you couldn't manage to get a ticket at the weekend,

01:30but you still hopefully maybe get into a gig?

01:33Yes, I did try, hopefully if I get a sale from this piece I might be able to afford the tickets,

01:41but I did intend to try and get a couple of gigs to just showcase it to the crowd,

01:47people going into the stadiums and the parks, so hopefully the Manchester one, that'll work out.