1. 900 artists contributed 1269 unique drawings en route to setting a record for most artists involved in a group art project. About the project: http://www.burningman.com/whatisburningman/2005/05arttheme2.html#psychepics

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Marcia

Marsha drew attention from the haberdashery world by attaching six baby ostrich eggs to her hat.

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With speed and zeal, Schwaggy created four unique caricatures on a single page.

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Maria Tverdostup

Maria T’s dragonfly tattoo is 7.25 inches wide.

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Ko & Clown

Ko’s intricate balloon sculpture resembling a woman with blond pigtails elicited 134 “wows”.

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Tim Nakayama

Tim N’s bicycle is covered with an impressive 51 decorations.

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Jerry Paffendorf

Jerry Paffendorf makes world history by hanging one Hillary Clinton poster on his wall, more Hillary Clinton posters on a wall than have ever officially been documented. Surprisingly, however, Paffendorf supported Clinton’s opponent. “Gobama!” he said.

Jerry Paffendorf

Jerry Paffendorf destroys $72 American dollars with the express purpose of reselling it for more, a new world record. He began shredding the bills with a blender, but ultimately resorted to ripping the bills by hand. Paffendorf now plans to sell the creation as an artwork on eBay, with a starting price of $73.

Paffendorf performed the feat on February 17, 2009 at a World Record Appreciation Society[] event at the Hemlock Tavern in San Francisco, California. Dan Rollman and Debbie Hampton were present as witnesses.

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Guy Overfelt

Guy Overfelt shows off his world record-holding 1,896 cubic inch inflatable Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am. The airfilled vehicle measures 204quot; long, 84quot; tall and 54quot; wide.

Overfelt submitted the record on March 31, 2009. He keeps the vehicle at his home in San Francisco, California.

Todd Lamb

Todd Lamb draws a midget measuring 10 feet, 8.25 inches in height, a new world record. The midget wore boots with heels in the drawing, but measurement was taken from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

Lamb completed the achievement on March 25, 2009 at a World Record Appreciation Society[] gathering in New York City. He drew using a Sharpie marker. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present to witness and measure the drawing.

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Maximillian Chow

11 people stand in front of a Lichtenstein reproduction during a music festival, a new world record. The feat was achieved at Coachella on April 18, 2009.

R.M. Lavery

R.M. Lavery has two tattoos of Salvador Dali, a new world record.

His tattoos were documented in Quincy, Massachusetts on April 29, 2009.

Jessica Dunn

Nine people participated in a 900-meter exquisite corpse relay race, a new world record. The first participant ran 100 meters and drew part of a person on their t-shirt. The shirt was then transferred to the next relay member, who put it on and added to the first person’s drawing while running. This was done repeatedly, with each person running 100 meters, until the drawing of the person was complete.

The record was set on June 17, 2009 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The relay participants were Jessica Dunn, Lindsay Gerlach, Courtney Hacker, Flounder Lee, Paul Miller, Kurt Nettleton, Kyle Channing Smith, Victoria Son and Courtney Ware. Lamar Richcreek was present as a witness.

Ty Conner

Ty Conner and Thomas Gilmartin spray painted the number 9 157 times on a rock. They painted on The Rock, a legendary rock on the University of Tennessee[] campus.

Joel Kahn

Joel Kahn and Randi Prince built a kite measuring 3969 square inches (63in x 63in) using just newspaper and Q-Tips. They stipulated the frame and supporting structure had to be made entirely of Q-Tips and the rest of the kite made only with newspaper.