PrintMan Builds Canoe Out of 7,000 Chopsticks
Holy canoe! Not wanting to see so many wooden chopsticks go to waste at the city hall cafeteria where he worked, Shuhei Ogawara collected over 7,000 chopsticks for two years, then glued them together over three months, resulting in this 13-foot long canoe. At 66 pounds, it's a bit heavier than your average canoe, but a launching ceremony in May at Lake Inawashiro in Fukushima, Japan, will determine whether it'll be smooth sailing or not. [via Gizmodo]
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4 Comments:
Wow, that's awesome!
jonfoxx at 3:49PM on 04/08/08
Maybe you'll post an update after the big launch and let us know whether the vessel proved to be seaworthy? Hopefully Mr. Ogawara will be wearing a lifejacket. If this works out, maybe he can help me figure out what to do with all those packets of duck sauce that go to waste.
MelsDiner at 6:37PM on 04/08/08
That's a beautiful canoe!
Kerosena at 7:45PM on 04/08/08
Great recycling initiative... I'm assuming these are all used chopsticks.
missginsu at 1:14PM on 04/09/08