Publicity And Media Coverage

Steven J. Backman Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Cartoon, March 5, 2008

Steven J. Backman Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Cartoon, February 24, 2008

Steven J. Backman Featured in The San Francisco Examiner, February 7, 2008

"Steven J. Backman Featured on CBS13, January 17, 2008"


Steven J. Backman Featured in Gentry, January 2008

Steven J. Backman Featured in The News & Observer, December 19, 2007

"Steven J. Backman Featured on KTVU.com, December 3, 2007"


Steven J. Backman Featured on KRON 4 News, November 10, 2007

Steven J. Backman Featured in Woodworker West, November-December 2007

Steven J. Backman Featured in Dreyer's Full Scoop, Fall 2007

Steven J. Backman Featured in IdN, September 2007

Steven J. Backman Featured in The San Francisco Examiner, July 31, 2007

Steven J. Backman Featured in Ripley's Believe It ot Not! The Remarkable Revealed


Steven J. Backman Featured in The Washington Post, June 7, 2007

"toothpick art"-designboom weblog, May 2007

"What a big idea"-Sunday Daily News, April 15, 2007

"Steven J. Backman Featured in The Wall Street Journal Online, March 30, 2007"

"Steven J. Backman Featured on Kerrang Radio, January 8, 2007"

Steven J. Backman Featured in The National Examiner, November 13, 2006

"Steven J. Backman Featured on French American TV, August 31, 2006"

Steven J. Backman Featured in AmericanStyle, June 2006

Steven J. Backman Featured in View from The Empire, Spring 2006

Steven J. Backman Featured in Raw Vision, Spring 2006

"Toothpick Sculptures at Empire State Building"-AOL CitiGuide New York, April/May 2006

Steven J. Backman Featured in Juxtapoz, April 2006

Steven J. Backman Featured in ArtReview, March/April 2006

Steven J. Backman Featured in Artist's Sketchbook, February 2006

Steven J. Backman Featured in Golf Digest, January 2006

Steven J. Backman Featured in Folk Art, Winter 2005/2006

"Art MoCo"-Modern Contemporary Art, October 29, 2005

Steven J. Backman Featured in Eccentric California, August 2005

Steven J. Backman Featured in SFSU Magazine, Summer 2005

"Making Toothpicks into Art"-The Daily Journal, July 25, 2005

Steven J. Backman Featured in Art & Antiques, Summer 2005

"His dentist would be so proud"-Los Angeles Times, February 13, 2005

Steven J. Backman Featured in The New York Sun, May 24,2005

Steven J. Backman Featured in American Craft, April/May 2005

Steven J. Backman Featured in Sculpture Journal, April 2005

Steven J. Backman Featured in The San Francisco Chronicle Datebook Pink Section, March 6, 2005

"Toothpick Tenacity"-Woodezine, February 2005

Steven J. Backman Featured in The Oakland Tribune, January 24,2005

Steven J. Backman Featured on The Early Show, April 14, 2004

Meet Your Neighbor:"The Toothpick Sculptor"-The Wave Magazine, January 2004

Steven J. Backman Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Cartoon, April 14, 1987