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January 26, 2009

Gum Wrapper Obama

Filed under: Local Interest — Tags: , , — Geoff Kelly @ 5:10 pm

Local artist Arseno stopped by the office today with this portrait of Barack Obama made entirely of gum wrappers. (”About $40 worth,” he told us.) If you want to see the real thing, it’ll be hanging in the window at 2309 Elmwood Avenue, just north of Kenmore, where he’s opening a shop called Art Lover’s Oasis at the end of February.

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5 Comments »

  1. Very impressive!

    Comment by Laura Suttell — January 27, 2009 @ 3:27 pm

  2. Nice use of 5 wrappers. I really like having colored wrappers to work with for art projects. It’s a shame that the gum costs more. Nice use of recycled materials.

    Comment by Tom Hall — February 4, 2009 @ 7:40 pm

  3. dude that is tight,

    Comment by Hunter Sullivan — March 11, 2009 @ 11:38 am

  4. you should see my art work. email me if you want to i guess.

    Comment by Hunter Sullivan — March 11, 2009 @ 11:39 am

  5. Tres Cool. Does anybody remember the chains people used to make out of gum wrappers? Not the foil part, necessarily, but the paper. I remember my Dad making them out of Doublemint wrappers. We should have kept some of them. Now i regret not keeping at least one sample for the Family Memory Box. happy Chewing!!!! “Tiny” Kongslie Portland, Oregon

    Comment by Tiny Kongslie — August 30, 2009 @ 8:45 pm

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