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Take your pick..
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:14 am
by Gob
I have used different brands of toothpicks depending on what I am building. I also have many friends and family members that collect toothpicks in their travels for me. For example, some of the trees in Golden Gate Park are made from toothpicks from Kenya, Morocco, Spain, West Germany and Italy. The heart inside the Palace of Fine Arts is made out of toothpicks people threw at our wedding.
More images here..
Re: Take your pick..
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:50 am
by The Hen
That is phenomenal.
Re: Take your pick..
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:00 pm
by SisterMaryFellatio
The Hen wrote:That is phenomenal.
Quite agree.....however (and I know this is mean) I always think that people that do those sorta things are a bit sad and need to get out more!! I mean who the fuck goes travelling thinking best not forget to pick me up some toothpicks!!
and it does look a bit like like shitty brown fairy floss!!
Re: Take your pick..
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:11 pm
by kristina
I saw it up close and poisonal at the Sonoma County Fair a few years ago. Spectacular. It was a bit frustrating because I wanted to spend a nice long time up close to it trying to identify all the stuff, and there were lots of other people who wanted to do the same thing. It looks as if he's added a bit since I saw it.
Re: Take your pick..
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:24 pm
by The Hen
I agree it is a bit OCD and I also admit that from photos I can't make out why you would worry about specific toothpicks for specific trees. But I am happy that someone made it, I have seen it, and it didn't cost me 35 years.
Re: Take your pick..
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:48 pm
by BoSoxGal
A fabulous artistic expression of mental illness, most definitely.
Re: Take your pick..
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 2:34 am
by loCAtek
I knew a Meth addict, who was like this with macrame....
Re: Take your pick..
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:03 am
by The Hen
Another OCD artist.
You can can read about her
here.
Re: Take your pick..
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:35 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
For example, some of the trees in Golden Gate Park are made from toothpicks from Kenya, Morocco, Spain, West Germany and Italy.
I hope the toothpicks weren't made from any exotic woods that is usually not allowed to be imported.