Video: Minas Tirith, built from matches. A gift from Patrick Acton for all Tolkien fans
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Probably every fan of the Lord of the Rings trilogy knows the name Minas Tirith. For those who have not read Tolkien, we explain: this is the name of the capital of Gondor, one of the states of Middle-earth. And we remembered about it in connection with the following: Iowa resident Patrick Acton decided to build a model of the legendary fortress, using ordinary matches as a material.
To create Minas Tirith, Patrick Acton used sulfur-free matches, which he held together with glue. In general, the author uses a special technology in his work, which he developed himself: thanks to it, he can build buildings with rounded edges.
The Minas Tirith model is not the first such structure by Patrick Acton. Somewhat earlier, he managed to become famous thanks to a copy of Hogwarts from "Harry Potter", made in a similar manner. Apparently, the author decided to consolidate his popularity by erecting another legendary building. Still, many people are fond of match building, but only a few come to such results in their hobby.
Patrick Acton is not a professional artist. He works as a career consultant, and creativity is just a hobby, to which the author devotes several hours every evening. Patrick got carried away with the creation of architectural models from matches back in 1977, and his first work was a copy of a local church. The model, on the "construction" of which took only 500 matches, seems to be just a crumb compared to the last sculpture of the author: Minas Tirith consists of more than 420 thousand matches. And the legendary fortress was under construction for almost three years.
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