Danish Artist Travels the World Building Thousands of Scrapwood Birdhouses for Urban Birds
Thomas Dambo, an artist from Denmark, is using his sculpting skills to help thousands of urban birds around the world. Fueled by the belief that humans should coexist peacefully with other species, he makes use of scrap wood to build houses for birds everywhere he goes. “Over the last 7 years I have made more than […]
Canadian Cyclist Rides His Bike around Town to Create Artistic GPS Doodles
Stephen Lund, a cyclist from Victoria, Canada, follows a rather unusual method while deciding his biking routes. Instead of going for the shortest route on the map to get from point A to B, he charts a complicated course that traces out brilliant doodles on street maps and records his artworks with a GPS app. Some of […]
Floral Designer Creates Living Jewelry That Grows While You Wear It
Designer Susan McLeary is taking the jewelry world by storm with her incredibly stunning accessories made from living plants. She uses real succulents hand-picked from her family-owned greenhouse to craft intricate headpieces, necklaces, rings, bracelets, and other pieces of bio-jewelry that literally grow on you. Each piece from McLeary’s ‘Passionflower’ collection can be worn for two to four […]
This Rock Is Actually Fire-Powered Wi-Fi Router
At first glance, this rock, placed strategically in a small clearing in the woods part of an outdoor museum in Germany, seems like an ordinary boulder. But a closer look will reveal that the inconspicuous 1.5-ton boulder is far from ordinary. It’s actually an art installation with a fire-powered WiFi router and USB drive hidden inside! […]
These Amazing-Looking Motorcycles Are Made Exclusively with Bent Spoons
American artist James Rice has become an internet sensation for creating beautiful motorcycle sculptures using nothing but bent spoons. Photographs of his unique creations have gone viral, with hundreds of thousands of likes and shares. He also sells his figurines on Etsy from time to time, each priced in the range of $3,000 to $4,000. […]
Artist Born without Hands Draws Stunningly Realistic Portraits
We’ve seen a lot of hyper-realistic art here on OC, but the works of Polish artist Mariusz Kedzierski are especially stunning and awe-inspiring. That’s because he’s able to draw like a complete pro despite the fact that he has no hands. Each piece takes him at least 20 hours to complete, while his most complicated work […]
Artist Welds Metal Scraps into Beautiful Sculptures of Wildlife
John Kennedy Brown, a sculptor from Wales, transforms scrap metal into incredibly realistic models of birds, insects, animals, and reptiles. As you can see in the photos below, he is really good at welding together discarded metal parts like nails and bicycle chains to depict delicate anatomical features. He then paints them in the likeness […]
Giant Lion Sculpture Carved from Single Redwood Tree Trunk Took 20 People 3 Years to Complete
A majestic new attraction at the Fortune Plaza Times Square in Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei Province, is being hailed as one of the city’s swankiest landmarks. The massive redwood lion was carved out of a single giant tree trunk by renowned sculptor Dengding Rui Yao and a team of 20 sculptors in Myanmar, over […]
Glasgow-Based Artist to Be Given $22,000 to Live in Glasgow for a Year
In a controversial move, the Scottish Government has decided to grant Ellie Harrison, a Glasgow-based academic, £15,000 ($22,000) just to continue living in the city for a whole year. The generous amount is a grant for an ‘art project’ during which London-born Harrison will not leave the city unless she’s unwell or a close relative […]
South African Artist Turns Driftwood into Amazing-Looking Sculptures
Tony Fredriksson, a South African sculptor, is best known for his mesmerizing, raw, almost haunting driftwood creations. He began working with the material in 2007 and quickly learned how to use the organic knots and twists of washed up logs to bring them to life. Fredriksson begins by sketching out his ideas in a journal, […]
The Artistic Water Tanks of Punjab
The state of Punjab, in northern India, is well known for its rich, vibrant culture, including great food, music, and dance. But what most people don’t know is that the Indian state is also home to some of the most extravagant water tanks in the world. The concrete structures that the people of Punjab use to […]
Back-Hair Art – Man Uses Bushy Back as a Canvas for Art
Meet Mike Wolfe, the man who has not only embraced his bushy back, but also uses it as a means of creative expression. He comes up with quirky designs and gets his old friend Tyler Harding to ‘manscape’ them into his back hair every few months. Up until a few years ago, Mike, like millions of […]
Man Turns Decade-Worth of Fingernail Clippings into What He Calls Art
45-year-old Mike Drake has been doing something bizarre in the name of art for over a decade – he’s been collecting all his fingernail clippings, stuffing them in paperweights, and selling them for $300 to $500 apiece! The Queens resident started the strange practice 11 years ago: “I used to bite my nails, and I wondered how […]
The Awe-Inspiring Salt Portraits of Rob Ferrel
A true artist doesn’t really need expensive tools and materials to produce something beautiful, and San Antonio artist Rob Ferrel is the perfect example. For months, he has been treating his Instagram followers with highly realist portraits that he creates using nothing but salt, a few brushes, and a piece of cardstock. Ferrel begins by pouring salt on […]
100-Year-Old Abandoned Church Gets Transformed into Awesome-Looking Skate Park
The 100-year-old church of Santa Barbara, in Llanera, the Spanish principality of Asturias, had been abandoned for over half a century, before a group of skating enthusiasts decided to turn the old place of worship into a unique indoor skate park called Kaos Temple. Today, it is probably the most stunning community skating venue in the […]