22 June 2009

More Toothpick Sculpture Goodness

I never knew that matchstick sculptures were so popular as an art form until I posted about them previously. After telling you about those sculptures in previous posts, I just came upon this article from The San Francisco Chronicle about Scott Weaver who started gluing toothpicks together around 34 years ago and started rolling ping pong balls around the results. Eventually, that would become his toothpick sculpture of San Francisco that he has spent about 3,000 hours (which is the equivalent of about 375 work days) creating in his living room
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Scott Weaver poses with his toothpick sculpture of San Fr... (Lianne Milton / Special to The Chronicle)

A pingpong ball rolls across the Golden Gate Bridge in Sc... (Lianne Milton / Special to The Chronicle)

A smiley face ball cruises down Victorian Row, one of man... (Lianne Milton / Special to The Chronicle)

While the sculpture may be more abstract than those previously featured, I think its no less impressive or grand.

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