Artist Folds Realistic Insects from a Single Sheet of Paper
As real as these insects might look, they are actually made from a single sheet of paper, expertly folded by origami master, Brian Chan. I’ve been staring at Brian Chan’s creations for a while, and I still find it mind-boggling how someone can produce such realistic work by folding a simple piece of paper. But […]
Coolest Finds of the Week #23
(NSFW) The Daily Routine of a World Champion Masturbator (YouTube) China’s Giant Snow Sculpture Festival (Environmental Graffiti) How to Make a Giant Snow Ski Rapm Off of Your Roof (Laughing Squid) Cardboard Cop Cars Slow Chinese Traffic (Orange News) Remote-Controlled Motorised Shoes Save You the Effort of Walking (Daily Mail) Giant Wave-Shaped Clouds over Birmingham, […]
Belarusian Schoolboy Builds Impressive Electric Car
Alexander Kozlov, an 11th grader from Belarus, has recently made headlines, after spending and entire year building an impressive electric car, with the help of his family and friends. At a glance, the white two-seat vehicle built by Alexander may look a little strange, with an unpolished finish and only three wheels, but make no […]
Coolest Finds of the Week #22
Chocolate Wonderland Opens in Shanghai (Sky News) Real-Life Magneto Sets Spoon-Balancing Record (Reuters) Guinness Names World’s Shortest Woman (TIME) Brutal Modern-Day Jousting (Environmental Graffiti) Japanese Create $130,000 Swarovski Crystal Toilet (Born Rich) Dutch Airline Offers Miles-High Dating via Facebook (Big Pond News) Facebook to Sue Israeli Mark Zuckerberg (Stuff.co.nz) Old Man Turns Scooter into Funny […]
Man Turns Pontiac into Ferrari, Gets Accused of Patent Violation
Although he tried his best to turn his old Pontiac Fiero into a beautiful Ferrari 355, a businessman from Agrigento, Italy, has recently been accused of trademark and patent violations. There aren’t many car enthusiasts out there who can honestly say they wouldn’t like to have their own Ferrari. It’s the most iconic sports car […]
Artist Uses iPad to Create Detailed Celebrity Portraits
Long-gone are the days when painting was strictly done with specialized tools, like brushes, on canvases. Nowadays artists use anything from remote-controlled toy cars to Molotov cocktails to express their talents. So it should come to know surprise Kyle Lambert uses just one finger and the Apple iPad to create detailed celebrity portraits. Kyle Lambert […]
Italian Sculptor Creates Miniature Colosseum from 10,000 Corks
61-year-old Ciro Califano, from Italy’s Nocera Inferiore, is one of the world’s most incredible artists, with the power to turn corks into beautiful works of art. A former postal worker, who lived most his life traveling between Milan, Naples and Nocera, Ciro Califano has always had artistic ambitions. Even as a child, growing up in […]
Awesome Joan of Arc Armor Made of Bicycle Tubes and Paper Mache
Did you ever find yourself wondering what Joan of Arc would have worn if she lived in modern times and rode a bicycle instead of a steed? Well, Grace Duval obviously did and she came up with an awe-inspiring upper-body armor made entirely of paper mache and bicycle inner tubes. Judging by how cool and […]
The Beautiful Steampunk Cell Phones of Ivan Mavrovic
Croatian artist Ivan Mavrovic turns modern technology into steampunk gadgets that still retain their functionality. In a world where everyone seems interested only in getting their hands on the latest futuristic designs when it comes to gadgets, some, like Ivan Mavrovic, prefer to look back in history, to the time of the Victorian era, when […]
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 […]
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 […]
Week in Hell – Five Days Locked in a Hotel Room, Making Art
It sounds like the title of a horror flick, but it’s actually a short video documenting artist Molly Crabapple‘s project, for which she locked herself in a hotel room covered the walls with doodles. Molly started contemplating “what happens when an artist leaves their studio, their cliches, and their comfort zone and draws beyond the […]
Tyree Callahan and His Amazing Chromatic Typewriter
It might look like just an old typewriter, but Washington-based artist Tyree Callahan has actually converted this antique 1937 Underwood Standard typewriter into an art instrument that makes beautiful paintings. Callahan replaced the ink pads of the typewriter with colored paint pads and the letters with color markers, to create a painting machine he calls […]