Vietnamese Hairstylist Trims Intricate Artworks on the Backs of People’s Heads
Truong Xuan Tuan, a young hairstylist from Hanoi, in Vietnam, uses simple tools like trimmers and razors to create detailed works of arts on the backs of his clients’ heads. The 30-year-old has been working as a hairstylist for 10 years now, and started experimenting with various designs half a decade ago. He first made […]
Chinese Hairdresser Uses Clients’ Hair Trimmings to Create Amazing Hair Paintings
Looking at the artworks bellow, you could swear they the charcoal drawings of a talented artist, but they’re actually not drawings at all, but hair paintings, and they’re hand-made not by an artist, but a skilled hairdresser. Allen Chen, who works as a hairdresser at the XB Hair Professional salon in Changhua, China, recently became […]
Indian Artist Creates Stunningly-Detailed Portraits Using Human Hair
Hair is not the easiest art medium to work with, especially when you’re trying to create detailed portraits of people and animals, but young Indian artist Midhun R.R. had developed a technique that allows him to manipulate thousands of short hair strands into impressive artworks. All Midhun needs to create his art is some hair, […]
Serbian Barber Trims Celebrity Portraits on Customers’ Heads
Mario Hvala, a barber from Novi Sad, Serbia, recently made international headlines for trimming a detailed portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the back of a client’s head, but that was only his most recent achievement. He has been creating “hair tattoos” for the last eight years, and there’s nothing he can’t trim […]
Talented Artist Turns Her Hair into Incredible Sculptures
Laetitia KY, a young fashion designer from the Ivory Coast, recently went viral on social media for an original photo series where she sculpts her long hair into a variety of shapes, from human hands, to bunny ears and even the African continent. KY says that she has always been fascinated by hairdressing, but got […]
Chinese Barber Uses Leftover hair to Create Awe-Inspiring Artworks
Wang Xiaojiu, a 31-year-old barber from Jilin city, China, doesn’t simply sweep shorn hair off the floor of his hair salon and dump it in the trash. At least not before painstakingly arranging it to create highly detailed works of art. Seen from a far, Wang’s masterpieces look drawn with a pencil or charcoal, but […]
Chinese Barber Uses Leftover Hair to Create Insanely Realistic Portraits
Li Hailing, a barber from Lingbao, in central China’s Henan province, uses leftovers from his day job to fuel his real passion – art. He collects the hair that he cuts at his salon and, in his spare time, arranges the thousands of strands to create stunningly-realistic celebrity portraits. Li, whose inspiration comes from sand painting, uses […]
Artist Creates Fluffy Celebrity Portraits with Dog Hair
Colombian-American artist and opera singer Mateo Blanco was in the news late last year for creating three celebrity portraits out of the most unusual material – dog hair! Blanco revealed that he was listening to Lennon when inspiration struck, and he decided to honor the three late singers with dog hair purchased from a local groomer. […]
Insanely Talented Artist Can Manipulate Virtually Any Material or Matter into Photo-Like Images
Artist and photographer Bill Fink is the creator of ‘Time and Matter Photography’, an amazing art form that involves producing photograph-like images out of virtually any material or matter. So instead of conventional materials like silver halide or inkjet, the 60-year-old artist uses hair, human ashes, soil and anything else you can think of to […]
Amazingly Talented Barber Trims Celebrity Portraits on the Heads of His Clients
When you go to Rob Ferrel for a haircut, you know you’re in for something really special. The professional hair artist can sculpt logos, designs, patterns and even celebrity faces on a head of hair. He runs his own salon called Rob the Original Barbershop, in San Antonio, where he works his magic every single […]
Guy Turns His Mohawk Hairdo into an Artistic Advertising Billboard
By design, the “Mohawk” hairdo is really hard to miss, but someone found a way to actually make it even more of an attention grabber. Florida native Mohawk Gaz uses spray paint to turn his head into a truly unmissable advertising billboards for friends and businesses. 31-year-old Mohawk Gaz – real name Gasmy Joseph – from Pompano Beach, Florida, […]
Artist Makes Realistic-Looking Leaves from Human Hair
Human hair is fast becoming one of the most popular mediums in the art world. We’ve seen everything from dresses made of hair and hair necklaces to insect sculptures made from human air. Now, we’ve discovered the intricate art of Jenine Shereos, who uses the dead protein to create tree leaves. Leaves may not seem […]
Leila’s Hair Museum Is a Tribute to Victorian Hair Art
Leila Cohoon of Independence, Missouri is a retired hairdresser. She now teaches hair weaving and runs her own cosmetology school. She is however, linked to hair in more ways than apparent. Leila collects hair art, and puts it all on display in her museum. What is hair art, you ask? We wondered the same. Contrary […]
Japanese Student Creates Leg Hair Font
A student from Japan’s Tama Art University came with the idea for a leg hair font, after his teachers asked him and his colleagues to create new typefaces without the help of computers. Creating original letters without the use of digital design seems almost impossible in this day and age, and 20-year-old Mayuko Kanazawa started scratching […]
Zaira Pulido’s Human Hair Embroideries
Zaira Pulido is a Colombian artist who uses long strands of human hair instead of thread to create embroidered works of art. Bogota-based Zaira Pulido has been asking every one of her friends and people she’s into for strands of their hair to use in a series of embroidered artworks. She uses the human hair […]