Evanston, 12/29/11 Cooper Stringer of Evanston works on his toothpick and glue creation during Arts Camp at the Noyes Cultural Center Dec. 29. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media

Evanston, 12/29/11 Connor Mitchell (left) and Ecem Yilmaz of Evanston work on their toothpick and glue creations during Arts Camp at the Noyes Cultural Center Dec. 29. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media

Artist Wayne Kucy's S.S. America ship detail. Kucy taught children at the Arts Camp at the Noyes Cultural Center about his work building famous ships with toothpicks and glue Dec. 29. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media

Artist Wayne Kucy's Cutty Shark ship detail. Kucy taught children at the Arts Camp at the Noyes Cultural Center about his work building famous ships with toothpicks and glue. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media

Evanston, 12/29/11 Artist Wayne Kusy works on rigging the Cutty Sark while teaching students at Arts Camp at the Noyes Cultural Center Dec. 29. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media

Evanston, 12/29/11 Kati Robinson (left) and Maria Rosen, both from Evanston, work on their toothpick structures during Arts Camp at the Noyes Cultural Center Dec. 29. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media

Evanston, 12/29/11 Anna Taufen of Evanston listens to instruction from artist Wayne Kucy during Arts Camp at the Noyes Cultural Center Dec. 29. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media

Evanston, 12/29/11 Madeline Janecek of Evanston works on her toothpick and glue creation during Arts Camp at the Noyes Cultural Center Dec. 29. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media

Evanston, 12/29/11 Artist Wayne Kusy works on rigging the Cutty Sark while teaching students at Arts Camp at the Noyes Cultural Center Dec. 29. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media