2,000,000 Toothpicks

Segrada Famillia model constructed with toothpicks by Stan Munro in the "Sacred Structures"exhibit at the Assisi Institute in Rochester, New York
Segrada Famillia model constructed with toothpicks by Stan Munro in the “Sacred Structures”exhibit at the Assisi Institute in Rochester, New York

If you’re lucky you’ll catch Stan Munro at the Assisi Institute on North Winton. He has a table set up near his “Sacred Structures” exhibit where he’s working on a new model. He wasn’t there when we stopped in but we saw his work area. He doesn’t need much, toothpicks, Elmer’s Glue and an incredible amount of patience. It took him five years to construct the nearly thirty buildings at 1:164 scale that are on display here. We heard the Sagrada Familia was one of them and we were just at the 1:1 version so had to check this out. Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia was the most complicated for Munro but not even close to the largest. The Grand Mosque at Mecca dwarfs Notre Dame, St. Patrick’s, and the Vatican shattering my Judeo/Christian view of the world.

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