By . Emma Glanfield . An artist has gone nuts at the prospect of the World Cup and has carved the faces of five English football legends out of a handful of Brazil nuts. Using just a scalpel, magnifying glass and a 99p bag of Brazil Nuts, Quentin Devine spent around four days carefully engraving the portraits of Gary Lineker, Paul Gascoigne, David Beckham, Alan Shearer and current England star Wayne Rooney. The artist, from Surrey, said he worked through more than 50 nuts in the challenge, which was set by TV channel Dave to celebrate its World Cup coverage, before he got it right. Artist Quentin Devine, from Surrey, carved portraits of five current and former England football players including Gary Lineker (left) and David Beckham (right) out of Brazil nuts - spending around four days on each . Using just a scalpel, magnifying glass and 99p bag of Brazil nuts, he re-created the faces of (from left to right) Paul Gascoigne, David Beckham, Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Wayne Rooney for the unique project . Quentin Devine carved the faces out of former England footballer David Beckham (left) and current player Wayne Rooney (right) who is set to head to Brazil for this year's World Cup tournament which starts in June . The faces were carved out of Brazil nuts as part of a challenge set by TV channel Dave to celebrate the England's top 19 footballing heroes for coverage in the run up to the World Cup . He said: ‘When Dave asked me to carve the faces of five of England’s most loved football legends out of Brazil nuts I knew it would be a challenge. ‘The nuts can be very oily and extremely brittle but I think I managed to successfully capture the essence of each these football heroes. ‘My final piece, Gary Lineker, proved to be a tough nut to crack with his large ear span reducing the already tiny surface area I had to work with. ‘After over 20 attempts, many broken ears and all hope lost, I finally perfected it. ‘On another note, I know Dave is a comedy channel, but an Irish man carving English footballers into Brazil nuts is a real joke isn’t it?’ The channel is showing a succession of shows around Brazil 2014 including specials on England’s football heroes, its best goals and its worst gaffes. The artist also carved the portrait of Gary Lineker (pictured left playing for England in 1990) and football legend Alan Shearer (pictured right playing for the country in 2001) Paul Gascoigne (pictured celebrating an England win against Belgium in the 1990 World Cup) is one of the five famous footballing faces which has been carefully carved out of a Brazil nut by British artist Quentin Devine . The artist used a scalpel, magnifying glass and a 99p bag of Brazil nuts to create the famous footballers' faces . Each portrait took around four days to carve, including this one of current England footballer Wayne Rooney .
Quentin Devine used only a scalpel and magnifying glass to carve portraits .
He spent up to four days on each carving and used more than 50 Brazil nuts .
Carved faces of five legends including David Beckham and Wayne Rooney .
By . Emma Glanfield . An artist has gone nuts at the prospect of the World Cup and has carved the faces of five English football legends out of a handful of Brazil nuts. Using just a scalpel, magnifying glass and a 99p bag of Brazil Nuts, Quentin Devine spent around four days carefully engraving the portraits of Gary Lineker, Paul Gascoigne, David Beckham, Alan Shearer and current England star Wayne Rooney. The artist, from Surrey, said he worked through more than 50 nuts in the challenge, which was set by TV channel Dave to celebrate its World Cup coverage, before he got it right. Artist Quentin Devine, from Surrey, carved portraits of five current and former England football players including Gary Lineker (left) and David Beckham (right) out of Brazil nuts - spending around four days on each . Using just a scalpel, magnifying glass and 99p bag of Brazil nuts, he re-created the faces of (from left to right) Paul Gascoigne, David Beckham, Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Wayne Rooney for the unique project . Quentin Devine carved the faces out of former England footballer David Beckham (left) and current player Wayne Rooney (right) who is set to head to Brazil for this year's World Cup tournament which starts in June . The faces were carved out of Brazil nuts as part of a challenge set by TV channel Dave to celebrate the England's top 19 footballing heroes for coverage in the run up to the World Cup . He said: ‘When Dave asked me to carve the faces of five of England’s most loved football legends out of Brazil nuts I knew it would be a challenge. ‘The nuts can be very oily and extremely brittle but I think I managed to successfully capture the essence of each these football heroes. ‘My final piece, Gary Lineker, proved to be a tough nut to crack with his large ear span reducing the already tiny surface area I had to work with. ‘After over 20 attempts, many broken ears and all hope lost, I finally perfected it. ‘On another note, I know Dave is a comedy channel, but an Irish man carving English footballers into Brazil nuts is a real joke isn’t it?’ The channel is showing a succession of shows around Brazil 2014 including specials on England’s football heroes, its best goals and its worst gaffes. The artist also carved the portrait of Gary Lineker (pictured left playing for England in 1990) and football legend Alan Shearer (pictured right playing for the country in 2001) Paul Gascoigne (pictured celebrating an England win against Belgium in the 1990 World Cup) is one of the five famous footballing faces which has been carefully carved out of a Brazil nut by British artist Quentin Devine . The artist used a scalpel, magnifying glass and a 99p bag of Brazil nuts to create the famous footballers' faces . Each portrait took around four days to carve, including this one of current England footballer Wayne Rooney .
faces of five English football legends out of a Quentin Devine spent around four days carefully Brazil nuts - spending around four days on each . Using just a scalpel, magnifying glass and 99p portrait took around four days to carve, Wayne Rooney .