Model of San Francisco Made Using 100,000 Toothpicks

by Scott Beale on July 25, 2008 · 7 comments

Rohnert Park artist Scott Weaver has built a 9′ tall model of San Francisco using 100,000 toothpicks. The installation “Rolling Through the Bay” took 35 years to create and features a ball that rolls through the toothpick sculpture, touring famous San Francisco locations. It made its debut on Tuesday at the Sonoma County Fair winning “Best of Show”. Here’s a video on the project by The Press Democrat.

Thanks to Jeff Bundschu for the tip!

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1 jarhead July 25, 2008 at 1:54 pm: Absolutely incredible!

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2 adam jackson July 25, 2008 at 3:03 pm: That's some patience. How many years did his wife beg him to just throw it away and stop wasting his time.

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3 sonic July 25, 2008 at 5:40 pm: how much weed did it take to build this?

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4 Plug1 July 25, 2008 at 10:38 pm: this might be the coolest thing i have ever seen in the history of the internet. seriously what an amazing project.

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5 sfslim July 26, 2008 at 10:56 am: Absolutely amazing. What an inspiration!

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6 Willow NyteEyes July 31, 2008 at 1:49 am: I just found this page with StumbleUpon and this is awesome..

And speaking of the history of the internet… I was very pleased to see positive comments and no shouts of “shopped”. lol

*Thumbs-up*

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7 Tomato June 25, 2009 at 6:25 am: I’m perplexed at all the negative comments around the net about him wasting his time. It’s _his_ time and he can do whatever he wants with it. He enjoyed making it. He contributed something to society.

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