Toothpick Moon - Six Million Toothpicks

05/01/2024

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The Franceska Tree is a printmaking shop run by artist, Franceska McCullough who works out of her Hertfordshire based home studio. Themes are family, nature and hope inspired.

17/11/2016

Update: This project is currently paused while I work on another world wide peace project which you can follow here: www.facebook.com/11millionhands

If you support then you may want to consider taking a of your hands and joining for 11 million lives.

If you voted to in the and are angry about or if you voted for and are now deeply worried about what will do then by joining in.

If you or someone you know is a then please share this project with them because is powerful and collaboration is the key.

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05/04/2016

If you're still in support of my toothpick sculpture for the Holocaust then I'd encourage you to have a look at my other Holocaust memorial project www.facebook.com/11millionhands and consider joining in by taking a photo of your hands. Its the same idea as the toothpick sculpture but on a larger scale as I'm trying to incorporate all the 11 million people who were killed in the concentration camps during World War 2 so that no one is forgotten.
My toothpick sculpture is still something I want to finish but I have to wait until I've finished my postgraduate degree before I can proceed. I still have all the toothpick donations and haven't forgotten what I promised to do.

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04/09/2015

If you are upset by the current refugee crisis taking place now in Europe and you want to help in some way then please consider donating any amount in any currency to my fundraising page set up through my for 11 Million Lives project and linked to the charity War Child who help these refugees then please donate to: https://www.justgiving.com/11millionhands

Help Franceska raise money for this great cause.

12/10/2014

For anyone wondering why there have been no updates in a while....I've moved to the UK and will be shipping my sculpture to me by next year so at the moment while I wait to finish it I'm working on another holocaust memorial called . Please go to www.facebook.com/11millionhands to join in or share with your friends. I'm trying to collect 11 million hand photos from people all over the world to help remember 11 million lives....this includes the estimated Jews, Gentile Poles, Jehovah's Witnesses, Gypsies/Travellers, Homosexuals and disabled people killed during World War 2. .....Join in and send me a photo of your hands.

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09/04/2014

Just a reminder to anyone who supports my sculpture and this page....I've moved to the UK and am working to find sponsorship to pay to ship my sculpture "Six Million Pod" to me so I can finish it and exhibit it to help remember 6 million Jews.

Please continue to share this page and my sculpture to anyone you know as the more people who know about this sculpture then the more it will help to remember those individuals I'm building it for.

Thank you for the support!

07/03/2014

Please note: this sculpture is still in production though I have just relocated back to the UK so in a few months I shall be shipping my sculpture to myself along with the large collection of toothpicks I have since been given from my wonderful supporters. While I wait to ship my sculpture to continue working on it, I'm focusing my energy on my other holocaust memorial project called " 11 Million Hands for 11 Million Lives Holocaust Memorial" which will in time help offer support for Six Million Toothpicks Pod. Keep following this page and see the (slow!) developments on both projects! For all you fast paced people...these projects will take years but they are both worth it! Thank you to my lovely supporters for all the toothpicks and hand photo's.

24/02/2014

So sad to hear Alice Herz-Sommer died today but wowed she lived to be 110! Incredible lady!

Alice Herz-Sommer, believed to be the oldest Holocaust survivor, died at age 110 on Sunday, a family member said. The accomplished pianist's death came just a week before her extraordinary story of surviving two years in a N**i prison camp through devotion to music and her son is up for an...

14/01/2014

Daily, hourly thoughts consumed with understanding what 6 million looks like....how many blades of grass, how many leaves blowing in the wind, bricks built in a house, seconds spent living, footsteps taken, grains of salt in a bag, trees between here and there, paving stones in a city, rocks on a beach, convinced if I can see an example in nature then I can understand it and further appreciate what that means in lives lost.

10/01/2014

Wonderful donation of toothpicks from Jennifer Vaughan.
32,000 toothpicks/lives. Thank you tremendously!

17/12/2013

I loved Judith Kerr's wonderful "Mog" books when I was little and here is her story. You should watch this as it will make you happy to know her story and hear her talking about her life.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLbxxGcvsF8

imagine... tells the story of Judith Kerr, creator of some of our best-loved children's books, including Mog and The Tiger Who Came to Tea. Now 90, she still...

11/12/2013

I haven't posted in a while but I am still working on Six Million Pod and I will update with some pictures soon hopefully. My sculpture is very heavy! You'd be surprised how heavy millions of toothpicks can be!

I'm not able to take any toothpick donations for a few months however as I have made the plan to return to live in the UK and will be arranging to ship Six Million Pod to me once I'm settled.

Finishing Six Million Pod will take me a few more years but I hope when it's complete that you will travel to visit it and help others understand what six million looks and feels like and what that means in terms of lives lost.