Friday, December 18, 2009

Tallest Popsicle stick structure - Stephen Guman sets world record

 WATERBURY, Conn., USA -- Inside the Mattatuck Museum Stephen Guman, of Naugatuck, has assembled a 12-foot tall medieval castle using 396,000 popsicle sticks-setting the new world record for the Tallest Popsicle stick structure .   

   "This castle has taken me almost one and a half years to build," said Mr. Guman, "but it's so relaxing that the world just disappears when I'm doing it."

Photo: The Tallest Popsicle stick structure , which is 12-feet wide and 16-feet deep, took 396,000 sticks and four gallons of Elmer’s Glue to build the castle. The previous Guinness world record is 370,000.
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 Sections of the gigantic 12-by-17-foot castle, which are so large that they must be delivered by tractor trailer truck arrived at the museum for final assembly.

   Naugatuck resident Stephen Guman has been building Popsicle Stick models since he was 9 years old when his aunt gave him a bird house kit.

The inspiration came from birdhouses and other kits. He wondered what more he could do with them, Guman told the Waterbury Republican-American.

 Mr. Guman has made replicas of the Eiffel Tower and the World Trade Center, tanks, ships and cranes with moveable parts. A heavy-equipment operator, he spends his free time before and after work, up to four hours each day, gluing four and one-half-inch sticks together and moving toward his World Record for the Tallest Popsicle stick structure .

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 "I actually found it pretty elegant, to tell you the truth. When we heard it was coming, I had mixed feelings about it," Cynthia Roznoy, curator of the Mattatuck Museum , said.
    "We have a drawbridge going into an arched entrance way. We have different elements where the knights would be fighting their battles. I think kids and adults can use their imagination and really see a story here."

The Tallest Popsicle stick structure went on display at the Mattatuck Museum and can be seen through Jan. 22.
 Children and families are also invited to a special program in honor of the popsicle stick castle on Sunday, Dec. 27, from 2 to 4 pm. and to meet Mr. Guman. Visitors can build a popsicle stick model.

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Friday, December 18, 2009
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