Record holder made ‘Mandala’ painting from 27,000 toothpicks

The record for creating a picture from 27,000 toothpicks

Architect Hoang Tuan Long was born in 1974, in Ho Chi Minh City, graduated with a master’s degree in Architecture from the Belarusian National Polytechnic University. He is the author of dozens of famous architectural models such as One Pillar Pagoda, Hue’s Ngo Mon Gate, Ben Thanh Market, Big Ben clock tower, Taj Mahal… made from a toothpick.

In 2016, the One Pillar Pagoda project was established by the Vietnam Record Organization as a model made from nearly 110,000 bamboo sticks in six months. In 2020, he was recognized by the World Records Union Worldking “The first person in the world to create and recreate models of famous architectural heritage buildings in the world with Boarc art”.

Thanh Dang – Tan Cao