Paper Mountain

Artist Jim Campbell sits on a 7.5 ton, three-story 

mountain of paper made from 52,325 rolled newspapers.

People have a tendency to let old newspapers pile up.

Artist Jim Campbell took this idea to the extreme 

when he suggested stacking 52,325 rolled newspapers.

He convinced the directors of the Pueblo Chieftain, 

to save their "spoils" or over-run newspapers for two-and-a-half months. 

The papers were then rolled, bundled and stacked. 

Employees assembled the newspaper sculpture in 15 hours.

Campbell conceived, designed and coordinated the promotional project.

The final creation stood the height of a three-story building (30 ft. 2 in.), 

and weighted about 7.5 tons.

Campbell's idea, timed in conjunction with International Newspaper Carrier Week,

graphically showed the number of newspapers Chieftain carriers delivered every day.

The sculpture was later dismantled and the newspapers were recycled.
The recycling money was donated to a charity in Pueblo, Colorado.