Wednesday, August 14, 2013

  Largest display of handmade paper dolls: Amnah Al Fard breaks Guinness world record (VIDEO)

DUBAI, UAE -- Paper artist Amnah Al Fard, 37, a resident of Umm Al Quwain, has spent the last two years in creating her collection of 1,145 miniature dolls; the requirement from Guinness World Records was to make 1,000 dolls but she ended up making 145 more and setting the new world record for the Largest display of handmade paper dolls, according to the World Record Academy: www.worldrecordacademy.com/ .

  Photo: The army of three-dimensional dolls is the result of Amnah's two years of hard work. One doll approximately took three hours to complete and one whole day to dry. Amnah said she spent a total of 3,435 hours on the project and used about 30,000 inches of paper and 4.5 kilograms of glue. ( enlarge photo )

The Guinness World Records' record for the most flavours of ice cream displayed together is 985 and was achieved by Michael and Matthew Casarez (both USA) at Crook's Palace Restaurant in Black Hawk, Colorado, USA. The flavours ranged from vanilla to mango habanero to cinnamon cider bourbon, and were displayed together for 5 minutes.

  Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the largest gathering of scarecrows in one location, which is 3,311. All were on display at the Cincinnati Horticultural Society's Cincinnati Flower and Farm Fest on Coney Island, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

  Thirty-seven-year-old Amnah, despite her ill-health and recurring cough, has spent the last two years in creating her collection of 1,145 miniature dolls.

  Each doll, she claimed, took her nearly three hours to create.

  The 1,145 different dolls, which measured between two to three inches in height, were displayed at the Maraya Art Centre in Sharjah on July 7.
  They were made using the quilling technique, otherwise known as paper-rolling or filigree. Quilling is an ancient art form that could be traced back to the 16th century when artists rolled pieces of thin strips of paper on a feather, or quill.

  It's her mother's Indian roots that Amnah thanks for exploring her creative side. "India has so much to offer. And every time we travelled there, I was taken in by the culture and art."

  "No one from Umm Al Quwain has ever won a world record, so this will be a good way of putting it on the world map. Inshallah."