During the construction of the International Space Station (ISS), material selection was critical given the extreme environment of space. Chances are that one of those materials up for consideration ...

What do you get when you combine 282,000 wood matchsticks, eight gallons of wood glue and 1,950 hours of production time? For Iowa artist Patrick Acton the answer is an incredible 1/26 scale, museum ...

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GLADBROOK | Even on a resume packed with jaw-dropping projects notable for both size and detail, Patrick Acton's latest effort -- "Plane Loco" -- stands out. "It's a monster," JoAnn Ruopp says. "But ...

From the Taj Mahal in India, the Tower Bridge in London and the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, 87-year-old Esmond Warren has ...

Michelangelo spent only three years carving David. Da Vinci’s depiction of The Last Supper required just three. This giant model of the Rila Monastery by Bulgarian artist Plamen Ignatov demanded 16 ...

Everyone needs a hobby, especially during quarantine. But for some people, getting getting really into board games just isn't enough. Fans are devoting their time to something more creative, like ...

It's 10 a.m. in Gladbrook, Iowa, and down in the workshop in his basement, Pat Acton is doing what he does almost every morning: picking up matchsticks and gluing them together, one at a time. And ...

A French man spent eight years building his dream of being a world record holder stick by stick, only to have judges disqualify him for using the wrong materials for the tallest matchstick sculpture ...

Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. A Frenchman spent eight years building a giant matchstick model of the Eiffel Tower, and he may have used the wrong matchsticks to set a world record. Richard Plaud ...