{"id":149474,"date":"2018-10-23T10:12:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T07:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/?p=149474"},"modified":"2018-10-23T10:12:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T07:12:26","slug":"young-boy-creates-magnificent-art-pieces-with-matchsticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=149474","title":{"rendered":"Young boy creates magnificent art pieces with matchsticks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hama, SANA \u2013 The young boy Mohammed Ihsan Fahleh from Hama city unleashed his creative talent and began creating architectural miniatures and art pieces out of matchsticks at an early age.<\/p>\n

“I look forward to design miniatures for prominent archeological landmarks and symbols in Syria and the world,” Fahleh said.<\/p>\n

“A small matchstick house was the first thing I built when I was very young, added Fahleh, noting that last year, he created matchstick miniatures for a guitar and Taj Mahal Palace in India which took him two months to complete.<\/p>\n

His only raw materials include cork, a scalpel, glue, thousands of match sticks, lacquer and varnish.<\/p>\n

Regarding the steps, Fahleh said that he uses cork to make the initial design, then he covers it with matchsticks after gluing them together which he described to be a “painstakingly delicate task which takes a lot of patience”.<\/p>\n

“I want to continue honing this craft to perfection, work on bigger miniatures and make my dream to hold my own exhibition in Damascus come true,” he concluded.<\/p>\n