Guys Sews Model’s Portrait with Sewing Machine
I didn’t think one could use a sewing machine for anything but sewing, but this guy proves it’s the perfect tool to create realistic portraits. I found this video during my daily browsing sessions, and knew I just had to post it for you guys to see, I haven’t been able to identify the skilled […]
You Think Football Is Too Easy? Try Footdoubleball
Invented by a group of Ukrainian students who apparently thought regular football wasn’t exciting enough, footdoubleball is a wacky sport played with two balls of different color, at the same time. Footdoubleball isn’t exactly new, since it was first played in 2007, but it’s definitely new to many people in western European countries, and especially North […]
Musician Builds Full-Size Cardboard Piano City for Music Video
With a little help from her friends and a lot of recycled cardboard, singer-songwriter Hilary Grist has created an 8-foot-long, 5-foot-wide cardboard piano topped by a miniature cardboard city. ‘This is one craziest things I’ve ever done and my most ambitious arts and crafts project to date!” Hilary said about the project that should have […]
Artist Spends 1,500 Hours Creating Stunning Work of Art using Only Dots
Kate Askegaard of Dixon, Illinois has spent 1,500 hours of her life recreating a classic masterpiece using only dots the size of a pin tip, for the annual ArtPrize Contest. This what is called a labor of love. Looking at Kate’s masterpiece from afar, you’d think it’s just another well-done recreation of Michelangelo’s “Pieta”, but […]
New World’s Most Expensive Dessert Costs $34,000
Chef Marc Guibert at Lindeth Howe Country House Hotel in Windermere, Cumbria has created the world’s most expensive dessert– a pudding worth an astonishing $34,000. I have a sweet tooth and I rarely find the power to resist a good dessert, but I’m really not the kind of guy who splurges thousands of dollars on […]
Nothing Says “I Love You” Like a Creepy 3D Mask of Your Face
Just in case you’ve always wanted a gift that would creep the heck out of your family and friends, but you never really found it, I’m here to tell you your wish has come true. A Japanese company is making incredibly detailed 3D replicas of human faces and selling them as gifts. REAL-f is a […]
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 […]
Indian Artist Makes Detailed Model of the Taj Mahal from Matchsticks
It takes a great deal of skill and patience to create even the simplest matchstick model, but a detailed structure like the famous Taj Mahal seems almost impossible to recreate using the tiny sticks of wood. But Indian artist Shaikh Salimbhai challenged himself to create an almost identical model of the iconic structure using only wooden […]
Artist Plans to Give Birth in Art Gallery, in Front of an Audience
Brooklyn performance artist Marni Kotak plans to have her baby in an art gallery, before an audience, during a performance she hopes will convince people “that human life itself is the most profound work of art, and that therefore giving birth, the greatest expression of life, is the highest form of art.” Entitled “The Birth […]
Japanese Artist Paints Incredible Portraits on iPod Touch and iPad
Japanese artist Seikou Yamaoka uses a $2.99 application called ArtStudio, and his fingertips to create incredible-looking portraits on his iPod Touch and iPad. And he does it all during a long train commute. It’s amazing what some people can do with their hands, but Seikou Yamaoka’s work is even more impressive considering he only uses his […]
The Wedding House – World’s Smallest Five-Star Hotel
At 2.5 meters wide and with just 53 square meters of floor space, the Eh Häusel (Wedding House) in Amberg, Germany is the world’s smallest hotel, and a five-star one at that. From the outside, the Eh Häusel looks like it’s been pushed into the narrow space between two neighboring buildings, but it’s the interior that’s […]
Coolest Finds of the Week #12
Seven Skateboarding Animals (Environmental Graffiti) Obama Fried Chicken Restaurant Opens in China (China Digital Times) Pizza Vending Machine to Be Released in New York (Youtube) 100-Year-Old Pensioner Requests Male Stripper for Her Birthday (Mirror.co.uk) Dog Is Afraid of Julia Roberts (Youtube) Daredevils Enjoy Jacuzzi from 500ft High Bridge (SWNS) 10 Tallest Sand Dunes on Earth […]
Vietnamese Man Still Sleeps with His Dead Wife
Le Van, the man who made headlines two years ago after it was discovered he had been sleeping with his dead wife for five years, has confirmed he is still sleeping with his beloved, and authorities can’t do anything to stop him. The story about Le Van’s bizarre sleeping habit broke out at the end […]
Finally, Someone Invents a Chewable Licorice Pencil
If you’re sick of picking splinters from between your teeth after chewing dozens of pencils, you’re going to love Cecilia Felli’s newest invention – a licorice pencil called Matitizia. Inspired by people’s habit of chewing on wooden pencils, Italian designer Cecilia Felli has created a truly revolutionary tool that’s not designed to stop them from […]
Restaurant’s Hot Curry-Eating Contest Puts Two People in the Hospital
Eating hot curry is definitely not as fun as watching other people eat it, and two eating contest participants found that out the hard way after they were rushed to the hospital trying to eat as much Killer Kismot curry as possible. The Kismot Restaurant in Edinburgh, Scotland organizes its world’s hottest chilli eating contest every […]