Saturday, January 15, 2011

Da Vinci's Lint "Last Supper"

I hope you aren't allergic to dust.


Just this past week Laura Bell of Roscommon, Michigan had completed her rendition of one of Leonardo Da Vinci's greatest masterpieces: The Last Supper. However it is not in an "artistic" element, so to speak. Laundry lint dawns the faces of Jesus and his disciples as Da Vinci had portrayed them over 300 years ago. 


This photo provided by Ripley's Believe It or Not shows a... Anthony Scipio / AP


 According to Bell, her 14 foot long by 4 foot tall masterpiece took 200 hours to create, on top of another 800 loads of laundry to do.


According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Bell had, "...bought towels of the colors she wanted and laundered them separately to get the right shades of lint."
Soon catching the eyes of the infamous book series "Ripley's Believe It or Not", Bell's replica of this historic masterpiece might soon be inducted into one of the company's museums nationwide.
Amen.
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It astonishes me to see how much time this woman had on her hands to make this amazing feat come true. I'm sure it took a lot of patience and of course loads of laundry to make this epic rendition reality. I feel like most would overlook this detail, but I hope everyone realizes that her electricity and water bill must have been through the roof over the course of this "art project". I"m interested in finding out if she washed these towels continuously everyday? Or just on family laundry day? Either way, AWESOME rendition. Kudos to you!

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