Denimu – Using Old Blue Jeans in the Name of Art
It’s hard saying goodbye to your favorite pair of jeans, even when they’re way beyond wearable, but English artist Ian Berry has found a way to avoid throwing away denim, by using it to create beautiful works of art. Netherton-born artist Ian Berry, who now lives in Sweden, has made quite a name for himself […]
Dining with the Dead at India’s New Lucky Restaurant
In a land like India, where life and death intertwine so naturally, and reincarnation is such an important part of religion, what better place to build a restaurant than in the middle of an old Muslim cemetery? They say the milky tea and buttery rolls at the New Lucky restaurant in Ahmedabad, India, are to die […]
Japanese Fisherman-Turned-Artist Creates Skeletal Artworks from Dead Animals
Believe it or not, the Japanese use fish for something else than sushi. Take Iori Tomita, a former fisherman who now creates creepy works of art from various dead marine specimens. 28-year-old Iori Tomita uses scientific techniques of preserving and dyeing to transform dead fish into brightly-colored glowing pieces of art. The former fisherman applies over 10 different […]
Chuck Close’s Incredible Fingerprint Portrait Will Blow Your Mind
It’s not every day that you get to have your mind blown by a phenomenal piece of art, but today is one of those rare days. Feast your opticals on this unique portrait made by Chuck Close using only his fingerprints. Entitled Fanny/Fingerpainting, this giant portrait was created in 1985, and depicts the artists’s wife’s late […]
Coolest Finds of the Week #45
Parents Let 5-Year-Old Daughter Swim with Sharks (YouTube) Talking Urinals to Help Save Drunk Drivers (FOX News) The 10 Most Incredible JFK Assassination Theories (Environmental Graffiti) Sumo Becoming Popular on the Australian Gold Coast (Big Pond News) A Grown Man’s Awkward Conversation with His 12-Year-Old Self (YouTube) America’s Most Over-the-Top Burgers (MSNBC) Swamp Soccer Championship […]
Chinese Hairdresser Uses Zen Meditation to Cut Hair with His Eyes Closed
Tian Hao, a Chinese hair-stylist, from Xi’an, Shanxi Province, has recently made news headlines with his unique method of cutting hair. With his eyes shut, Tian claims to use Zen meditation to “feel” the aura of his customers’ hair and trim it without chopping bits of scalp. Until now, I thought using an open flame […]
Artist Uses Ink to Turn People’s Faces into Ephemeral Artworks
Pinpin Co, a Chinese artist raised in Japan, uses a simple gel ink pen to turn her subjects’ faces into temporary works of art that are then washed away in a few seconds. You’ve probably seen impressive body painting before, but what Pinpin Co does is truly unique. Using an 0.38mm gel ink pen, the […]
Woman Tries to Sell Her “Slightly Used Soul” on eBay
I guess it’s true what they say, you can find anything on eBay, even a slightly used human soul. And while some of us wouldn’t sell our soul for all the money in the world, a woman from Albuquerque tried to give hers away for just $2,000. It might sound like a stupid joke, or […]
Another year, Another Dress Made Exclusively of Human Hair
While most people are trying to remove hair from their bodies, others are more than happy to put it on, in the form of fashionable dresses. English hairdresser Jodie Breeds has recently created a dress made entirely from human hair, which was worn by Miss England finalist Holly Lyons on the catwalk of the beauty pageant. Jodie […]
Chinese Puzzle Balls – The Rubik’s Cube of the Ancient World
For centuries, Chinese arts and crafts have been known around the world for their incredible beauty and finesse. If I were to pick a single object that best describes the Chinese attention to detail it would surely be an ivory puzzle ball. It’s definitely one of the most incredible things I have ever seen. Chinese […]
Bizarre Pilgrimage: Guy Tours England LICKING Cathedrals
26-year-old Lawrence Edmonds is a man with a taste for religion. In the last 13 months he has traveled 5,000 around England, licking 42 Anglican Cathedrals. I know what you’re thinking, but Lawrence isn’t mad, at least not officially. This bizarre journey of his is the result of a bet two of his friends made […]
Austria’s Green Heroes: Family Lives a Life without Plastic
Can you imagine your life without plastic? That means no computer, no mobile phone. no car and a whole lot of other stuff we’ve come to consider basic necessities. It sounds a nearly impossible task, in this day and age, but a family in Austria has proven it can be done. Sandra Krautwaschl, from a village […]
Welcome to the World’s Most Controversial Pet Shop
NOAH: The Inner City Zoo is a Japanese pet shop condemned by animal activists for caging and selling penguins, meerkats, alligators, monkeys and other exotic animals. Located in a cramped room, on the second floor of an office building in Yokohama, NOAH: The Inner City Zoo is hardly the kind of place you’d think of keeping exotic animals. […]
The Fragile Porcelain House of Tianjin
Zhang Lianzhi, a 50-year-old porcelain collector from Tianjin, China, has spent four years decorating an old house with hundreds of millions of ancient porcelain fragments and tons of natural crystals. It’s now known as the Porcelain House or Yuebao House. The Porcelain House of Tianjin opened its gates to the public on September 2nd, 2007, […]
The Book That Can’t Wait Literally Disappears if You Put It Down
An Indie Argentinian publishing house has come up with an innovative concept, using disappearing ink that simply fades away in two months time. Dubbed “El Libro que No Puede Esperar” (The Book That Can’t Wait), this interesting format was pioneered by independent Argentinian publishing house Eterna Cadencia, as a way to promote young authors, who “if people […]