Whimsical House of Cards 20210413
by Wingsdomain Art and Photography
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Whimsical House of Cards 20210413
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Wingsdomain Art and Photography
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Photograph - Photoart
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Whimsical House of Cards 20210413
A house of cards (also known as a card tower or a card castle) is a structure created by stacking playing cards on top of each other, often in the shape of a pyramid. "House of cards" is also an expression that dates back to 1645 meaning a structure or argument built on a shaky foundation or one that will collapse if a necessary (but possibly overlooked or unappreciated) element is removed. Structures built by layering in this way, such as Stonehenge, are referred to as "house of cards architecture", which dates back to the Cyclopean and Megalithic ages. The origin of the phrase is debated to be from the 18th century England but some believe that it has an American base. The earliest known record for card stacking was achieved by Victoria Maitland, of the United Kingdom. A photograph of her work was published in The Strand Magazine in September 1901. It was a fifteen-story structure. Following the publication of this record, a second was submitted in April 1902 by Rosie Farner of England with a picture of a twenty-storied tower. A third record was submitted by F. M. Hollams of England, with a tower of twenty-five stories, in February 1903. Other record holders (without bending or altering the cards) include: Joe Whitlam, of England, with twenty-seven stories, on February 28, 1972 - James Warnock, of Canada, with sixty-one stories, on September 8, 1978 - John Slain, of the United States, with sixty-eight stories, on August 3, 1983 - Bryan Berg, of the United States, with seventy-five stories, on April 21, 1992. Berg has since kept the record and created many sub-records. He currently holds the world record for tallest house of cards, a 25-foot-9 7⁄16-inch (7.860 m) "skyscraper" completed at the State Fair of Texas on October 14, 2007.[4] He also holds the record for the largest house of cards, a category Guinness invented for the event, for a replica of Cinderella's Castle at Walt Disney World.[12] On March 10, 2010, Berg broke his own record by building a replica of The Venetian Macao resort hotel. He completed it in 44 days, using 218,792 cards (more than 4,000 decks). The structure measured 10.5 by 3 metres (34.4 by 9.8 ft), and weighed more than 272 kilograms (600 lb). -wikipedia
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