Street Art Portraits Made of String from Perspicere

London-based street artist Perspicere has recently created a new portrait in Star Yard off Brick Lane. This is the first time that I have seen Perspicere's portrait work, made of threads. The artist's medium of choice is thread or string, and these have been set up as installations to adjoining objects or across walls and fences. Often, the work is created to be three-dimensional with geometric shapes and sometimes words. 

The artist's name "Perspicere" is Latin for "to look at closely". The work reminds me of intricate spider's webs but placed across walls or on fences in the city.