1.It took artist Patrick Acton nearly three year to createMinas Tirith . Most of his pieces are 1/65 scale .
2 . Hogwartsis rather appropriate for this week ! 602,000 matchsticks were used to create Harry Potter ’s alma mater .
3.Here ’s a different kind of matchstick sculpture . Instead of using the wooden stick part of the matchstick , David Machused 50,000 of the matchstick heads to make thisHunka Hunka Burning Love … (get it ? ) . Speaking of which , we have word about a certain Elvis Spud at the bottom of this post .
4.It took more than four million matchsticks to create areplica of an oil rig platform called “ Cathedrals of the Sea . ”It was made by Dave Reynolds , and as of 2009 it was confirmed as the populace ’s largest matchstick innovation . It take him 15 + days to make .
5.Patrick Acton of the Matchstick Marvels Museum also made this replica of theU.S. Capitol , consummate with illuminated interior . virtually half a million matchsticks move into this architectural admiration .
6 . The Tower Bridgewas painstakingly recreate out of 1.6 million matches by Michael Williams . He want to betray the small-arm to fund a studio for himself – and as far as I can enjoin , it ’s still up for bidson his site . The piece has real working lights and is a six - invertebrate foot copy of the 800 - metrical unit - long literal affair .
7.You have to be somewhat passionate about your craft to buildevery British warship in the Royal Navy since 1945- so manifestly , Phillip Warren is . He establish on a small ordered series than the other sculptures on the inclination , but 400 ships lands him at about 650,000 matchstick so far . The 79 - twelvemonth - former Warren has been making these models since he was 17 .
8.This matchstick dress was made by an 18 - year - honest-to-god student named Lily Faget . I ’m trusted she has a hot career ahead of her ( good-for-naught ) .
9.Notre Dame Cathedral deal Pat Acton 174,000 stick , but it ’s the detail work that makes this one so telling . And you’re able to make your own ( less intricate ) withthis kit ! It comes with 7,500 " microbeams . "
10.Finally , one more Pat Acton chef-d’oeuvre : a reproduction of the space shuttleChallengerconsisting of 200,000 matchsticks ..
