The largest bead picture in the world

Written on June 24, 2009 - Filed in Random.

The largest bead picture in the world - Barack Obama
It just came to my knowledge that a Swedish company, PhotoPearls, has with the help of fourth grade students from every state in the USA and the Craft and Hobby Association, created the largest bead picture in the world!

The fourth graders used PhotoPearls® (a program where you can create a bead project from any digital photo) to create a photo mosaic of President Barack Obama made entirely of hollow plastic beads. It will be given as a gift to the president on his birthday.

The portrait was created with 372 600 pearls and measures 9 x 11 ½ foot! Amazing!

Compared to that project, my bead creations feels so small ;)

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10 Responses to “The largest bead picture in the world”

  1. Holly says:

    Wow! That’s crazy!

  2. Melissa says:

    that’s a hell of a lot of beads.. imagine the mess it’d make if it were dropped and all of the beads popped off o_O

  3. maia says:

    Tycker att du ska satsa på att göra en ännu större!

    Imorgon är det Köpenhamn!

  4. maia says:

    Det är en röd klänning, så har den en guldrand på kjoldelen och en svart rand längst ner =) Jag har även köpt kjolen som heter “famous blue skirt” men den har lite längre leveranstid så den har jag inte fått än..

  5. Karin says:

    Shit, vilket projekt! Det måste ha tagit hur lång tid som helst att sätta ihop den o__O Du får ta dig i kragen och se till att bräcka det *lol*

    Glad Midsommar i efterskott får jag väl säga då :D Synd ni hade dåligt väder, vi klarade oss rätt bra här

  6. Mimi says:

    It’s all made out of beads? Seriously? That’s amazing!

  7. maia says:

    Känner inte så längre dock, vilket är skönt!

    Tycker dessutom att det är dags att planera vår nästa resa till Köpenhamn =P

  8. maia says:

    Jag ska genast beordra vädergudarna! =P

  9. As a long time beadweaver (and member of the Etsy Beadweaver’s Team – etsy-beadweavers.blogspot.com/) and a long time member of the anti-bias education movement internationally its fantastic to see my two passions united in this way – congratulations to those who participated (the children) and those who initiated. Here’s to beading in the Whitehouse.

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