Spectators marvel at the 23.6-foot-tall model of the Eiffel Tower that Richard Plaud spent 4,200 hours over the course of eight years making out of matchsticks and glue. Last month, Guinness World ...

Richard Plaud's matchstick dreams have been rekindled. Earlier this week, the Frenchman was crestfallen when he was told his 23-foot model of the Eiffel Tower — made from 700,000 matchsticks over ...

A French man reached for the sky trying to build the tallest matchstick sculpture, but world record officials may have caused his dream to shatter to pieces. Richard Plaud said he spent eight years ...

Weeks after disqualifying a 24-foot tower made of matchsticks, Guinness World Records apologized and said it had been too “heavy handed.” By Jenny Gross Richard Plaud toiled over eight years to ...

In this episode on Tekniq, we venture into the production facility for matchsticks in Japan, compared to a humble store where ...

What do you get when you combine 282,000 wood matchsticks, eight gallons of wood glue and 1,950 hours of production time? For Iowa artist Patrick Acton the answer is an incredible 1/26 scale, museum ...