Eric Klabel spent months building a 17-foot tower from toothpicks and glue, inspired by the Eiffel Tower, breaking a world record.

Who would have thought a small piece of wood used for picking food out of people's teeth could be art? Burlingame resident Steven Backman saw the possibilities when he was 5 years old. Backman's love ...

The San Francisco native and toothpick artist currently has an exhibit on display in Foundry Square IV through Sept. 29. For more information about his work, visit www.toothpickart.com. When did you ...

For more than 20 years, the San Francisco native has been crafting visual works of art using the unlikely medium of toothpicks. His collection, which frequently features San Francisco landmarks, ...

CHICAGO -- A toothpick is a humble thing, ubiquitous but so commonplace as to be ignored. Not so for Wayne Kusy. For most of his 61 years, toothpicks — thousands of them, millions of them — have been ...

In Hastings, you’ll find a built-to-scale replica of the original Dakota County courthouse made from about 5,000 perfectly placed toothpicks. The artist? 85-year-old Jerry Hackett. The courthouse, ...

you had entirely way too much time on your hands, along comes the guy behind these bad boys. That's right people, time to get inspired. Each of these handcrafted architectural replicas is made from a ...

Wayne Kusy is rather well known in his little field: In 1997, he was featured in People magazine, posing in the Lake Michigan surf with a skeleton of a ship in progress. A journey of 10,000 miles, ...

Every winter, the longtime Marion resident would spend months making complex structures like the Eiffel Tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, or a cruise ship. But instead of drawing, painting, or ...