Impressive Model Made From...Matchsticks?

Once again I’m floored. Floored, I tell you. Not only by the amazing artistic skill and talent that some people exhibit, but also by the level of their patience. And it takes a considerable amount of patience to create a model out of matchsticks, doesn’t it? Any model.

So how can you not be floored by the detailed results of the Taj Mahal created with matchsticks – matchsticks! – by Indian artist, Shaikh Salimbhai back in 2011.

Take a look:

Can you believe this?

Aside from the fact that I don’t have the artistic inclination, I don’t have the patience. My nerves would be shot trying to work on this.

And yet, this young man challenged himself and built a scale replica of one of the most famous structures in the world out of (75,000 or so) wooden matchsticks. It took him a year and 19 days to accomplish this goal, and the attention to detail is spectacular. The finished product was unveiled in Ahmedabad, the capital of Gujarat, India.

And here I can barely colour between the lines...