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GLADBROOK, Iowa (AP) - “Some people refer to me as an artist, but I consider myself a woodworker.” Patrick Acton may have one of the most tedious artistic hobbies on record. Since 1977, he has created ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. NORWAY — Paper and a box of wooden matches. That’s about all 85-year-old ...

It all started when vocational counselor Patrick Acton glued two wooden matchsticks together in the basement of his Gladbrook, Iowa, home. Some four decades and nearly 6 million matchsticks later, ...

Visit an Iowa matchstick museum where delicate matchstick models showcase extreme patience, creating art that feels ...

Neat post on Make, reporting from the NYC Toy Fair, about these amazing models available for purchase. Using small wooden dowels (just like classic matchsticks), you too can build a locomotive, or the ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Esmond Warren has built world landmark building from sticks in his basement including the Alberta Legislature and Notre Dame ...

GLADBROOK, Iowa -- Some artists work in clay, others in oil. Pat Acton of Gladbrook, Iowa, works in matchsticks. And with those simple matchsticks, he creates detailed and realistic models of ...

Pat Acton, a former career counselor in central Iowa, spent some 1,000 hours a year between 2007 and 2010 building a matchstick model of the mythic Minas Tirith city from "Lord of the Rings." The ...

Some of Pat Acton’s creations, housed in the museum, include the U.S. Capitol and Notre Dame Cathedral. It’s 10 a.m. in Gladbrook, Iowa, and down in the workshop in his basement, Pat Acton is doing ...

Esmond Warren has always enjoyed working with his hands. After spending 30 years as dairy farmers, Warren and his wife Shirley sold their property and retired to a cosy home in the Twin Brooks ...