Penny lover coins self-portrait idea (From Wandsworth Guardian)
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Streatham Park artist makes self portrait from 5,500 pennies
11:00am Saturday 5th June 2010 in News By Matt Watts
Penny lover: Student Mary Nugent with her self portrait made from 1ps
They say take care of the pennies and the pounds will take look after themselves - and that might be the case for a Streatham Park artist who is hoping a self portrait made from thousands of pennies will be the springboard to her success.
Student Mary Nugent, 47, of Nimrod Road, used 5,500 1p coins to create a 5ft round self-portrait for the final project of her creative expressive therapies course at Derby University.
The artist travelled hundreds of miles each week to build the portrait - created by different shaded coins that were left outside for differing periods of time.
She said: "I was interested in exploring the benefits of education versus the cost of education - something which as a mature student was very important to me which is why I chose to use penny coins as a symbol of money."
