Friday, January 21, 2011 Largest Magnetic Sculpture: Tim Szeto and Denis Saveliev set world record LOS ANGELES, CA, USA -- The founders of Nanodots,Tim SzetoandDenis Savelievused over 550,000 gold Nanodots to create an enormous replica of the Golden Globe award which weights over 600lbs - setting the new world record for theLargest Magnetic Sculpture.
Photo: Jennifer Love Hewitt Meets theWorld's Largest Magnetic Sculpture. (enlarge photo)
The previous Guinness world record for theLargest Magnetic Sculptureincluded only 32,786 magnetic dots; it was a replica of a Cybercube puzzle measuring 32 x 32 x 32 cm (12.6 x 12.6 x 12.6 in) which was created by Ronald Light (USA) at Science City at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Nanodots are basically these educational "toys" from Nano Magnetics that can be used to build many different complex and interesting structures. Photo: The founders of Nanodots, Tim Szeto (left) and Denis Saveliev (right) used over 550,000 gold Nanodots to create TheWorld's Largest Magnetic Sculpture. (enlarge photo)
Components of the statue were created in Toronto and moved to L.A., where it was completed in a GPK gifting suite at the Golden Globes.
Guinness World Records also recognized The largest soap sculpture, which measures 2.19 x 2.07 x 2.68 m (7.19 x 6.79 x 8.80 ft) and was created by Protex Soap (South Africa) in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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