Publicity And Media Coverage


"Local artist Steve Backman on toothpick sculpture"-examiner.com, July 14, 2010

"Toothpick art has come to town"-examiner.com, July 8, 2010

"Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium reopens at Fisherman's Wharf"-usatoday.com, July 5, 2010

"Pick-asso's pinnacle plot to revolutionize fine art uncovered at Foundry Square IV as Steve Backman"-examiner.com, June 30, 2010

"Miniature Toothpick Golden Gate Bridge Replica Featured on ABC 7 News, June 30, 2010"

"Miniature Toothpick Golden Gate Bridge Replica Featured on NBC 11 News, June 30, 2010"

"Miniature Toothpick Golden Gate Bridge Replica Featured in a Ripley's Believe It or Not! Press Release, June 23, 2010

"Steven J. Backman Featured on CBS 5 Eyewitness News, June 18, 2010"

Toothpick Art-"The Essence of Patience" Interview with Steven J. Backman-The Art Inquirer, May 13, 2010

"Steven J. Backman: The Art of Wood Elements"-ARTINFO, March 2010

Brad Sherwood and Steven J. Backman, February 15, 2010

Steven J. Backman Featured in Carmel Magazine, Winter 2010

"Pick-asso's-art-spans-the-globe"-The Sun, January 21, 2010

"Burj Khalifa is Artist's Pick"-The Khaleej Times, January 21, 2010

"Man sculps Burj Khalifa from toothpick"-Gulf News, January 21, 2010

"Steven J. Backman Creates A Replica Of Burj Khalifa From A Single Toothpick"-Dubai City Guide, January 20, 2010

"Toothpicks Become Works of Art"-Associated Content, December 19, 2009

"Steven J. Backman Featured on FOX 35 News, December 4, 2009"

"Steven J. Backman Featured in The Carmel Pine Cone, December 4-10, 2009"

"Steven J. Backman Featured in The Monterey County Weekly, December 3-9, 2009"

"Steven J. Backman Featured in The Daily Beast, September 25, 2009"

"Steven J. Backman Featured in The New York Times-New Jersey Calendar, June 14, 2009"

"Steven J. Backman Featured in REX USA, June 2009"

"Steven J. Backman Featured on DOCKWALK.com, the essential site for superyacht captains and crew, October 7, 2008"

Diane Sawyer and Steven J. Backman, October 3, 2008

"Artist replicates monuments out of a single toothpick"-Reuters, April 16, 2008

"Steven J. Backman Featured in The New York Daily News, April 1, 2008"

"Steven J. Backman Featured in The New York Daily News, March 25, 2008"

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

"Steven J. Backman Featured on Watch Me! TV, February 26, 2008"

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

"Steven J. Backman Featured in Woodworker's Journal eZINE, February 12, 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 The Toothpick, 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

"San Francisco Artist Uses Toothpicks to Create Abstract Art"-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 The New York Times-Spare Times, April 28, 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

Prince Charles and Steven J. Backman, November 7, 2005

"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"-The 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