Matchstick Marvels!

Filed under Arts & Crafts, Interest

Imagine constructing a miniature structure entirely out of matchsticks. You might think of it as a stupid idea, but this guy thinks not. His obsession with this hobby has resulted in some of the best looking crafts.

Iowa artist Patrick Acton has glued over 3 million ordinary wooden matchsticks into more than 60 incredibly detailed scale models of life-like sculptures, complex machines, and world renown architectures.

And his latest? None other than Minas Tirith from the Lord of the Rings.

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Permalink | June 5th, 2010

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