Farmhand Stanley Offord’s artistic streak came from out of the blue 50 years ago: no guidance, no fancy art supplies, no art school. “I was just sitting there one day,” he said. He thought of ...

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- Farmhand Stanley Offord's artistic streak came from out of the blue 50 years ago: no guidance, no fancy art supplies, no art school. "I was just sitting there one day," he said.

Discover three creative DIY matchstick launchers you can make using everyday household items. Learn how to build a miniature matchstick rifle, a gas lighter-powered matchstick pistol, and a clothespin ...

It’s 10 a.m. in Gladbrook, Iowa, and down in the workshop in his basement, Pat Acton is doing what he does almost every morning: picking up matchsticks and gluing them together, one at a time. And ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The first thing Paul Marti wants you to understand about his odd and wondrous matchstick creations — his delicate cathedrals, soaring castles, luxe mansions ...

Hour by hour, stick by stick. Many would regard it as a tedious job to glue matchsticks together, wait for them to dry then repeat this process over and over again, but not this model-maker. Over the ...

Not many people play with matches and get paid for it. Pat Acton does. He spends hours at a workbench nestled in his Gladbrook basement, carefully gluing together hundreds of matchsticks, 2 1/8-inch ...

CLINTON - The Matchstick Market grand opening will be held on Sunday, Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will kick off the new, weekly plant-based farmers and artisans market. The Matchstick Market ...

Some of Pat Acton’s creations, housed in the museum, include the U.S. Capitol and Notre Dame Cathedral. It’s 10 a.m. in Gladbrook, Iowa, and down in the workshop in his basement, Pat Acton is doing ...