August 13, 2007: Toothpick art

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Yes, it's the Monday Neatorama Collaboration Image!



The entire Daily Times caption:

Tirana: Albanian painter Saimir Strati works on a horse mosaic using toothpicks at the International Center of Culture. Strati will use around 1,000,000 toothpicks on an 8 square-metre polystyrene board in an effort to secure a place in the Guinness World Record.

Art for World's Records' sake? Hmmm... if at least the dude can create something decent along the way, why not?

And it does look like he's creating something interesting; inserting the picks to different heights, he's given the piece a new and unusual texture.

Also, there is something to the idea of using ordinary, everyday objects to create art. So, sure, I'm coming out in favor of the idea of using art to set world records. Let's do this thing.

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