In this After Effects tutorial, we make the matchstick flame animation without Third party Plugins. The tutorial consists of ...

Richard Plaud labored 4,200 hours over eight years to painstakingly transform more than 700,000 matchsticks into a 23½-foot-tall model of the Eiffel Tower, driven by a goal he had held since he was a ...

Richard Plaud's matchstick dreams have been rekindled. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Earlier this week, the Frenchman was ...

LONDON — You could say Richard Plaud's dreams of making the world's tallest matchstick sculpture may have gone up in smoke. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

A French man reached for the sky trying to build the tallest matchstick sculpture, but world record officials may have caused his dream to shatter to pieces. Richard Plaud said he spent eight years ...

Weeks after disqualifying a 24-foot tower made of matchsticks, Guinness World Records apologized and said it had been too “heavy handed.” By Jenny Gross Richard Plaud toiled over eight years to ...