Nothing celebrates the 20th anniversary of Pokemon quite like a 30-foot trading card mosaic. What will The Pokemon Company think of next? In collaboration with British artist Quentin Devine, the studio unveiled the monstrous mosaic – which is made up of 12,987 individual cards – in Paris, coming in at an overall size of 71.54 square metres.
The Pokemon Company are pretty confident that this is the “world’s largest trading card mosaic,” with marketing director Anthony Cornish excitedly stating that they “are incredibly excited to have secured this highly ambitious world record, and are thrilled to have worked with renowned artist Quentin Devine to bring the mosaic to life.”
Devine himself says the project has been the biggest one he’s eve been a part of, and that The Pokemon Company approached him, inquiring whether he thought he could beat the previous record for largest trading card mosaic.
Pokemon asked me if I...
The Pokemon Company are pretty confident that this is the “world’s largest trading card mosaic,” with marketing director Anthony Cornish excitedly stating that they “are incredibly excited to have secured this highly ambitious world record, and are thrilled to have worked with renowned artist Quentin Devine to bring the mosaic to life.”
Devine himself says the project has been the biggest one he’s eve been a part of, and that The Pokemon Company approached him, inquiring whether he thought he could beat the previous record for largest trading card mosaic.
Pokemon asked me if I...
- 3/22/2016
- by Joe Pring
- We Got This Covered
Are you simply nuts about football? Then you should be mates with micro-artist Quentin Devine.
Devine has painstakingly carved portraits of five England footy greats into Brazil nuts in time for this summer's 2014 World Cup in Rio. Why? Well, just because he can.
The artist went through over 50 nuts, each measuring 1.5 by 2cm, averaging 96 hours.
David Beckham, Gary Lineker, Wayne Rooney, Paul Gascoigne and Alan Shearer are given their own nutty equivalents. Though, Gary may only be interested in the crisp variety.
The nuts have been made to tie in with Dave's show England's Top 19 Footy Heroes, which kicks off its World Cup coverage tomorrow (May 20) at 9pm.
Devine said: "When Dave asked me to carve the faces of five of England's most loved football legends out of Brazil nuts I knew it would be a challenge. The nuts can be very oily and extremely brittle but I think I...
Devine has painstakingly carved portraits of five England footy greats into Brazil nuts in time for this summer's 2014 World Cup in Rio. Why? Well, just because he can.
The artist went through over 50 nuts, each measuring 1.5 by 2cm, averaging 96 hours.
David Beckham, Gary Lineker, Wayne Rooney, Paul Gascoigne and Alan Shearer are given their own nutty equivalents. Though, Gary may only be interested in the crisp variety.
The nuts have been made to tie in with Dave's show England's Top 19 Footy Heroes, which kicks off its World Cup coverage tomorrow (May 20) at 9pm.
Devine said: "When Dave asked me to carve the faces of five of England's most loved football legends out of Brazil nuts I knew it would be a challenge. The nuts can be very oily and extremely brittle but I think I...
- 5/19/2014
- Digital Spy
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