Gumball facts.

When Hiver and I visited the Science Museum of London last week, I saw mural in the basement area that is made from gumballs which are stacked in tubes. I wanted more information about the artist, so I emailed the museum's help team. Here is the result...

Hello Josh,

The gobstopper mural was part of the redevelopment of the basement galleries
in 1995. Nearly 30, 000 were used to create an image of the garden from
outer space - there are three drawings from three different children in the
mural.

The drawings were pixlellated so that each area was represented by a single
colour then the gobstoppers were dropped in a tube by me and many children,
10 at a time. I put the first 10 in !!

The artists who created it was called Franz Spohn, he is American and has
done smaller ones elsewhere.

Try this http://2000.ideafestival.com/Description_Family.cfm

as I cant seem to find his website.

let me know if you want to know more.

Anthony
Anthony Richards
Head of Content, Launch Pad Gallery
Science Museum
Exhibition Road
London
SW7 2DD