纽约雕塑家建成世界最高牙签模型
A sculptor has scaled new heights - by building the world's tallest toothpick model.
一名雕塑家建成了世界最高的牙签模型，攀上事业“新高”。
Stanley Hayes Munro, 45, from Syracuse, New York, is a toothpick engineer.
The former haunted house designer built his first sculpture in school when tasked with creating a structure that could hold the weight of an egg.
And he's been hooked ever since.
Now, he has won the world record for the tallest toothpick structure with a mammoth sculpture of the Burj Kahlifa, Dubai.
For Stanley though, he has always been more concerned with the integrity of his work - structural integrity that is.
Stanley said: "I've never cared for counting toothpicks, wasting toothpicks, or any obsession about the number of toothpicks used in any construction.
"But an engineering problem where you've got to create a strong structure, now that's a problem worth solving."
"I made my first toothpick structure in 5th grade art class," he continued. "The assignment was: build something 25cm tall and have it hold the weight of an egg.
"Mine held my desk and from that point I was hooked."