Lyndon Barrois talks making art from gum wrappers and “Karate Dog” | Georgia Public Broadcasting

Some artists are defined by their chosen medium. Michelangelo did miracles with marble. Rembrandt with oils. And Larry David with complaining. Lyndon Barrois is the greatest living artist whose medium is Wrigley gum wrappers. His tiny sculptures have been collected and displayed in museums all over the world, and are featured on his website ItsAWrapper.com.

An earlier version of this story misspelled the last name of Lyndon Barrois as Barrios.

Lyndon Barrois is artist and animator who’s found fame making beautifully detailed sculptures out of gum wrappers. He sculpts in miniature, but what does he know about GIANT sculptures?

Renée Elise Goldsberry won a Tony and Grammy for her role in Hamilton, and currently stars in Netflix’s Girls5Eva. She may Goldsberry, but what does she know about buried gold?

Renée Elise Goldsberry won a Tony and Grammy for her role in Hamilton, and currently stars in Netflix’s Girls5Eva. She joins panelists Jason Isbell, Alonzo Bodden, and Shantira Jackson.

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