Glitter Girl Is Made of 50,625 Hand-Mounted Sequins
Jeremy Kirsch has creates what is probably the world’s first photographic sequin mosaic, comprised of 50,625 independently-mounted sequins, which move and sparkle when they catch the light. The artist from Glendale, California created this unique work of art for the ArtPrize 2011 competition, where although it didn’t win the big prize, it caught the eye of […]
Retired Dentist Creates Functional Miniature Airplane Models
Young C Park, a retired dentist from Honolulu, Hawaii, spends thousands of hours painstakingly working on fully functional models of famous fighter planes. Every little part of Mr. Park’s planes is a miniature replica of the original. He spends hours on end manipulating aluminum into chains, cable and hinges for his creations and doesn’t leave […]
Do Body-Painted Models Make Coffins and Death Look Sexy?
Lindner, Poland’s biggest coffin manufacturer, certainly thinks so, since they’ve been using scantly clad models to market their products for the last three years. For the 2012 edition of their controversial sexy-morbid calendar they’ve used body-painted models. The first edition of the Lindner Calendar appeared in 2010 and featured artistic photos of female models dressed […]
Montreal Artist Makes Portrait of Steve Jobs from 3,750 Apples
Last Sunday was the first official Steve Jobs day, but instead of wearing jeans and a long-sleeve shirt, Montreal-based artist Olivier Lefebvre decided to honor the Apple co-founder in a very unique way – a portrait made from real apples. Ever since his death early this month, people all around the world have been celebrating […]
A Walk through Shanghai’s Marriage Market
Feeling lonely? Head over to Shanghai’s Marriage Market, a regular city institution where lonely souls, and especially their parents, come to find suitable partners. “Female, born 1981, 1.62 meters tall, bachelor’s degree, project director at a foreign company, monthly salary above RMB 10,000, looking for someone born between 1974 and 1982, bachelor’s degree or above […]
Canadian Globetrotter Completes 11-Year Walk around the World
After walking an amazing 75,000 kilometers across the globe, 56-year-old Jean Beliveau completed his 11-year global trek and returned to his native Montreal, where he was greeted by family and friends. With a crowd cheering him on as he crossed a bridge into Montreal last Sunday, Jean Beliveau hurried to meet the mother he hadn’t seen for […]
Man Has Lived on a Roadkill Diet for the Last 30 Years
Because he doesn’t like the way farm animals are being treated, Jonathan McGowan, an English taxidermist from Bournemouth, Dorset has been eating roadkill instead of supermarket meat for the last 30 years. 44-year-old Jonathan McGowan first tasted roadkill at the age of 14, when he cooked a dead adder. It didn’t taste very good, but […]
Arachnophobic Artist Creates Giant Balloon Spider, Breaks World Record
World-renown balloon artist Adam Lee has set a new world record for the largest balloon sculpture, with a giant spider made from almost 3,000 balloons. Did we mention he’s afraid of spiders? Adam began his attempt to set a new world record on October 1, at Great Wolf Lodge, in Grand Mound, Washington, and after […]
Arcade Washing Machine Makes Doing the Laundry Enjoyable
Lee Wei Chen, an MA student from the Kingston University, London, has designed an “amusement washing machine” that combines arcade gaming with doing laundry. Lee Wei, who is originally feom Taiwan, came up with the idea for his wacky invention while thinking of a productive use for the “wasted but enjoyable time” he spent playing […]
10 Coolest Finds of the Week #13
15 Bizarrely Precarious Planking Positions (Environmental Graffiti) Meet the Real Spice Girl (Daily Mail) Thorntons Breaks Biggest Chocolate Bar World Record (Metro) P Diddy Publishes Book That Celebrates the Female Behind (Dailymotion) Mum Teaches 2-Year-Old to Smoke (Orange) The World’s Richest Beggar (New York Times) Seven Churches Devoured by Lava (Environmental Graffiti) Housewives Set-up Adoption […]
Young Vietnamese Woman Mysteriously Ages Overnight
Nguyen Thi Phuong is only 26, but judging by her wrinkled and saggy skin, you could easily mistake her for a 70-year-old. The young woman from Vietnam suffered an allergic reaction in 2008, and after taking some prescribed medication the skin her face, hands and body started to wrinkle and become saggy, giving her the […]
The Dissected Flowers of Fong Qi Wei
Singaporean photographer Fong Qi Wei likes to pick apart flowers by hand and rearrange them on blank a canvas, creating incredible works of art. In a series entitled “Exploded Flowers” 33-year-old Fong Qi Wei disassembles popular flowers like the rose, lotus or orchid, carefully rearranges their components on a blank white canvas and then takes photos of […]
Woman Commissions 9-Foot-Tall Harry Potter Cat House
A Harry Potter fan from Houston, Texas asked a local woodworker to build her a 9-foot-tall cat house inspired by The Burrow, the Weasley family’s famous home. Laura Marshall is a big fan of Harry Potter and three months ago she got this crazy idea of building a a real-life Burrow for her cats, right […]
Mind-Boggling Spiral Illustrations Are Made of a Single Line
In one of the most impressive advertising ideas I have ever seen, Singapore-based art director and designer Chan Hwee Chong uses a single long line to create spiral recreations of famous artworks. In an inspired advertising campaign for Faber-Castell, designer Chan Hwee Chong demonstrates his unbelievable talent by creating spiral illustrations inspired by some of […]
Bian Lian – The Ancient Chinese Art of Face Changing
Bian Lian, or Face Changing, as it’s known in the western world, in an old dramatic art associated with Chinese opera from the Sichuan Province. It is considered a part of China’s cultural heritage and is the only art form to be ranked as a level two national secret. The skill and speed with which […]