How did Filemon Trevino get into the Guiness book of world records?
Artist claims record with quarter-mile drawing MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — He forgot to eat, sleep or even drink water. But Mexican artist Filemon Trevino accomplished his lifelong dream of entering the Guinness Book of World Records. In a news conference Wednesday, Trevino presented a Guinness certificate declaring his quarter-mile-long pencil drawing as the world’s largest. The Monterrey artist said he spent 6,000 hours and used 800 pencils to complete his representation of the heart and circulatory system, with symbols including doves, geometric shapes and hundreds of yards of intertwined tubes. He says breaking the record became an obsession that led him to neglect his health. He was hospitalized seven times for dehydration, heart and kidney problems and fainting spells, all attributed to long hours spent drawing in a hot, stuffy room. “I forgot to drink water,” he said. “I didn’t know anything about friends, my family or anything else in the world. I started to grow a beard and lost
Filemon Trevino an Mexican Artist had a life long dream of entering the Guiness Book of World Records.. He started july 2004 drawing the heart and circulatory system including symbols, it took him 6,000 hours and 800 pencils before his completion August 2005.. He called the drawing,” Electrocardiograma Artistico 411 ” March 14 2008 his dream was complete when he was presented the Guiness Certificate.. Sources: PC 123 Assoc.
Filemon Trevino’s pencil drawing was a quarter-mile long. He forgot to eat, sleep or even drink water. But Mexican artist Filemon Trevino accomplished his lifelong dream of entering the Guinness Book of World Records. In a news conference Wednesday, Trevino presented a Guinness certificate declaring his quarter-mile-long pencil drawing as the world’s largest. The Monterrey artist said he spent 6,000 hours and used 800 pencils to complete his representation of the heart and circulatory system, with symbols including doves, geometric shapes and hundreds of yards of intertwined tubes. He says breaking the record became an obsession that led him to neglect his health. He was hospitalized seven times for dehydration, heart and kidney problems and fainting spells, all attributed to long hours spent drawing in a hot, stuffy room. “I forgot to drink water,” he said. “I didn’t know anything about friends, my family or anything else in the world. I started to grow a beard and lost (35 pounds) 16
