--- description: Exactly 17,625 of them title: See a Portrait of Taylor Swift Made Entirely of Gumballs image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc26cbcc2ee3af124/698866433c16395c1e45a030/taylor-swift-ripcycle-winner.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See a Huge Portrait of Taylor Swift Made Entirely of Gumballs by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 30, 2015 5:58 PM CUT  Ripley Entertainment by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 30, 2015 5:58 PM CUT Some Taylor Swift fans immortalize their Queen with [corn mazes](http://time.com/4033906/taylor-swift-corn-maze/ "undefined"). Others knit [sweaters](http://time.com/4024364/taylor-swift-sweater/ "undefined"). But artist [Rob Surette](https://www.facebook.com/RobSuretteAmazingHeroArt "undefined") decided to commemorate the pop star using nothing but gumballs. His creation was so good [it won](http://www.ripleys.com/ripcycle "undefined") the _Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!_ Unbelievable Art Contest. Surette created his portrait using exactly 17,625 gumballs of various colors. He won $2,000 dollars for his work, which will now live on as part of the Ripley’s collection, the Orlando _Sentinel_ [reports](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/theme-park-rangers-blog/os-taylor-swift-gumballs-art-ripley-20150929-post.html "undefined"). It will also be featured in the next Ripley’s annual book. There were 130 total submissions for the contest, which required participants to use recyclable everyday materials. Here’s a closer look at Surette’s masterpiece, which he documented on Facebook: _Read next:_ [_Watch Taylor Swift, Nelly and HAIM Perform ‘Hot in Herre’_](http://time.com/4055472/taylor-swift-haim-nelly/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4055707/taylor-swift-gumball-portrait/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4055707/taylor-swift-gumball-portrait/"},"headline":"See a Huge Portrait of Taylor Swift Made Entirely of Gumballs","datePublished":"2015-09-30T17:58:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:25.525Z","description":"Exactly 17,625 of them","url":"https://time.com/4055707/taylor-swift-gumball-portrait/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc26cbcc2ee3af124/698866433c16395c1e45a030/taylor-swift-ripcycle-winner.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc26cbcc2ee3af124/698866433c16395c1e45a030/taylor-swift-ripcycle-winner.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Taylor-Swift-RipCycle-Winner","caption":"","creditText":"Ripley Entertainment","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4055707/taylor-swift-gumball-portrait/","name":"See a Huge Portrait of Taylor Swift Made Entirely of Gumballs"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Power of Taylor Swift","description":"One day after Taylor Swift publicly blasted Apple Music for not paying artists during the service’s free, three-month trial period, Apple reversed its position","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/mUgZx3qP/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T20:13:13.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mUgZx3qP.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4055707/taylor-swift-gumball-portrait/","duration":"PT2M4S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4055707/taylor-swift-gumball-portrait/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```