Talented Artist Recreates van Gogh Paintings with Spices and Food Coloring
Cincinnati-based photographer, Kelly McCollam recreates classic paintings, particularly Vincent van Gogh’s, using salts, spices and food coloring. You could say Kelly McCollam is literally spicing things up in the art world, with her original interpretations of van Gogh’s masterpieces. While most people use pinches of seasoning to make their cooking tolerable, the skilled photographer uses […]
Chinese Chef Builds His Own Jeep with Just $600
Qu Zhibo, a chef from Zigong City, China’s Sichuan Province, spent three years and just 4,000 yuan ($628) building his own knockoff Jeep. His efforts have made him somewhat of an Internet celebrity, in China. I was convinced Chinese car enthusiasts can be very resourceful when it comes to building their own dream cars after seeing […]
Artist Makes Awesome Transformers Costumes from Household Goods
We’ve posted some pretty cool Transformers statues and costumes here, on Oddity Central, but the Brooklyn RobotWorks costumes created by artist/cosplayer Peter Kokis are unlike anything we’ve ever seen. When we look around the house, in our kitchens and bathrooms, most of us see a lot junk we don’t use very often, but Peter Kokis […]
Designer Creates Shirt That’s More Expensive Than a Car
The Royals of ancient times wore clothes that were studded with precious stones and metals. Now you can too, if you are ready to pay an arm and a leg, that is. Or just five million rupees ($97,500). This pricey shirt was created by an Indian designer, Amitabh Chandel. A descendant of a royal family […]
Taiwan Trades Lottery Tickets for Dog Poop
This is perhaps one of the most innovative methods ever employed to keep a city clean. The authorities in New Taipei City, northern Taiwan, promised the citizens a free lottery ticket, in exchange for each bag of dog poop they collect from the street and hand over. It has become a common sight in the […]
Art Critics Go Bananas over Paintings Made by Monkey
Pockets Warhol is a monkey who lives in a sanctuary near Uxbridge, Toronto. The monkey was named after American pop artist Andy Warhol, whom he resembles, with his wild white hair. But that’s not what he’s famous for. Pockets has a little art scene of his own going on. His paintings sell for as much […]
Coolest Finds of the Week #21
7 Great Inventors Killed by Their Own Inventions (Environmental Graffiti) LEGO Tourist Travels the World (Orange News) Chinese Rapunzel Has World’s Longest Hair (Sina) 10 Incredibly Bizarre Art Installations (Oddee) Stuntman Balances on His Head, on a Spike (Daily Mail) Man Fakes Mother’s Obituary to Get Time Off (Huufington Post) World’s 7 Creepiest Abandoned Zoos […]
Mom Buys Realistic Baby Doll, Treats it Like a Real Baby
36-Year-Old Ashleigh Kirby is obsessed with her new-born baby, Finlay. Only, Finlay isn’t a real boy. In a story that strongly reminds us of Pinocchio, Ashleigh is emotionally attached to a realistic, life-size baby doll, even more than with her own daughter when she was born. Ashleigh lives with her 12-year-old daughter Becky in Andover, […]
Twitter User Gives Modern Twist to the Nativity Story, Gains Massive Following
A Twitter user has taken on the identity of Joseph of Nazareth, to give us a perspective of what he might have been going through during the birth of Jesus Christ. The work of an anonymous tweeter from Germany has attracted thousands of followers on social networking site Twitter. He goes by the pseudonym Joseph […]
Woman Lives with Both Her Boyfriend, Her Lover and Their Baby
We’ve seen polygamy, same-sex marriages and even threesomes. But what about the polyamorous? Defined as the practice of having more than one intimate relationship at a time with the full knowledge and consent of everyone involved, Jaiya Ma’s relationships are a perfect example of this. This is the bizarre story of Jaiya, aged 34, and […]
Extinct Bird Sculptures Made from Leftover Bones
Christy Rupp, an artist based in Chelsea, has created skeletons of extinct birds with the help of chicken bones that she collected over a period of time. Rupp describes herself as an ecological artist. She’s put up the sculptures for display at a museum called the “Extinct Birds Previously Consumed by Humans.” Her goal is to […]
Japan’s Creepy Hotel for the Dead
A hotel for the dead, now that’s something. This one is for real, actual corpses. And it’s pretty luxurious, going from the pictures. It’s a place where your folks check you in, and you wait it out until it’s time for you to be cremated. Also, it’s pretty luxurious. The hotel Lastel run by Hisayoshi […]
16-Year-Old Creates Dress from 4,000 Tea Bags
The latest in bizarre dresses has arrived. After paper napkins, newspapers, and even condoms, we now have a dress made of tea bags. This one was made by a 16-year-old from Kuala Lumpur, and she used a whopping 4,000 tea bags to create her masterpiece. She won the top prize at the Green Awards 2011 […]
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 […]
Students Take Up Boxing to Become Better Musicians
The students of the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N.Y., learn more than just music. In groups, they are asked to attend classes of a highly different nature. Classes that test and train them physically, and teach them the basic skills of boxing. While it’s perfectly understandable that a musician may enjoy a little physical […]