Elvis and others meet their matches!


	Elvis and others meet their matches!
hitchhiker08
7-7-2008 4:51 AM
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matchstick, art, creativity, artist
hitchhiker08 says:
Strange coincidence, that the man's name is
David Mach - this is matchstick art with a difference!
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/debdc0b8-a3e0-48fd-a634-9262aeb97522/3905717C-5FC7-488F-92AE-6971A9C7405D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031313/Love-tinder--Red-hot-model-Elvis-Presley-matches.html" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031313/Love-tinder--Red-hot-model-Elvis-Presley-matches.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dailymail.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031313/Love-tinder--Red-hot-model-Elvis-Presley-matches.html"><H1>Love me tinder... Red hot model of Elvis Presley made of matches<BR /></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031313/Love-tinder--Red-hot-model-Elvis-Presley-matches.html"><P>It is a striking likeness. But beware. Just one stray spark and Elvis becomes a hunk-a-hunk of burning love. <BR /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031313/Love-tinder--Red-hot-model-Elvis-Presley-matches.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailymail.co.uk/img/EEB84386-567F-4762-AC4E-B4F888993124" alt="Matchstick Elvis" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031313/Love-tinder--Red-hot-model-Elvis-Presley-matches.html"><P>The image of Elvis Presley, along with Marilyn Monroe, Mao Tse Tung, Muhammad Ali and Buddha are the work of Scottish artist David Mach. <BR /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031313/Love-tinder--Red-hot-model-Elvis-Presley-matches.html"><P>It took him more than 500 hours and 1,000 boxes of coloured-tip matches imported from Japan to complete the 2ft Presley sculpture. Each match was glued on to a glass fibre mould. <BR /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031313/Love-tinder--Red-hot-model-Elvis-Presley-matches.html"><P>He also made four smaller Elvis heads, each using around 15,000 coloured matches.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031313/Love-tinder--Red-hot-model-Elvis-Presley-matches.html"><P class="imageCaption">Some like it hot: Matchstick Marilyn Monroe</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031313/Love-tinder--Red-hot-model-Elvis-Presley-matches.html"><P class="imageCaption">Boxing match: Muhammad Ali</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031313/Love-tinder--Red-hot-model-Elvis-Presley-matches.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailymail.co.uk/img/F982271F-43A8-470A-BCAB-C29C3499DBCB" alt="Matchstick Muhammad Ali" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031313/Love-tinder--Red-hot-model-Elvis-Presley-matches.html"><P>He produces his matchstick pieces with the help of his wife Lesley and a team of ten artists. <BR /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031313/Love-tinder--Red-hot-model-Elvis-Presley-matches.html"><P class="imageCaption">Keeper of the flame: The Buddha</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031313/Love-tinder--Red-hot-model-Elvis-Presley-matches.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailymail.co.uk/img/9BA92B68-CA03-4B0D-97BD-B87555F0CBF1" alt="Matchstick Buddha" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031313/Love-tinder--Red-hot-model-Elvis-Presley-matches.html"><P>The couple discovered the spectacle of the heads bursting into flames when one accidentally caught fire. <BR /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031313/Love-tinder--Red-hot-model-Elvis-Presley-matches.html"><P class="imageCaption">Chinese cracker: Mao Tse Tung</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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