Monday, July 26, 2004
Artists uses mouth to make chewing gum sculptures
World of Wonder has a video clip of a man who makes little animals sculptures out of chewing gum, using his mouth to mold them.
"He prefers to work with gum that is past the expiration date. It takes him about three hours of chewing to get a piece of gum the right consistency for art. Once he's done that, it takes him only 30 second to make a turtle, 20 seconds for a pig, and over a minute for something complicated like a UFO. Unless he's out and about handing the sculptures to unsuspecting kids, he submerges the tiny artifacts in water to harden them. When he's really on his game he can do as many as 20 an hour."Link
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