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Notability Assessment

LIKELY QUALIFIES

Independent Sources

media outlets

TV Segments

stations

Print Articles

newspapers

Documentary

Aeon short film

11yr

Coverage Span

2014–2025

TELEVISION

6 sources

PBS Oregon Art Beat

Arnold Drake World (Season 17, Ep 1712)

TV Segment

Apr 14, 2016View Source

PBS Oregon Art Beat

Season 18, Episode 9 (return appearance)

TV Segment

~2017View Source

KGW (NBC Portland)

'Out of everyday things': Portland artist dazzles

TV Feature

Dec 17, 2024View Source

KATU (ABC Portland)

Paper Napkin Artist Arnold Drake World

Talk Show

Jan 5, 2023View Source

KPTV FOX 12 Oregon

'Portland Flower Guy' turns paper napkins into works of art

TV Feature

Oct 20, 2025View Source

KING 5 (NBC Seattle)

How one Pacific Northwest man creates works of art out of paper napkins

TV Feature

Jul 31, 2018View Source

NEWSPAPERS & ONLINE

2 sources

The Oregonian / OregonLive

Steve Duin: A paper flower, forever at Arnold World's fingertips

Feature Article

Sep 13, 2014View Source

Portland Tribune

Arnold's world of paper flowers

Feature Article

Jan 19, 2016View Source

DOCUMENTARY & FILM

2 sources

Aeon Video

Magic from the mundane — paper towels flourish in the hands of a coffeeshop artist

Short Documentary

Jul 14, 2017View Source

The Kid Should See This

Paper flower artist Arnold Drake World

Educational Feature

—View Source

SOCIAL / VIRAL

3 sources

Reddit r/blackmagicfuckery

Viral post: "He had been sitting at this coffee shop for nearly 3 hours..."

68K+ Upvotes

Apr 22, 2019View Source

Instagram @portlandflowerguy

Official account — 129K+ followers

Social Media

OngoingView Source

TikTok @margaretalba

Arnold Drake World paper napkin flowers

25.3K Likes

Mar 22, 2022View Source