Man Turns Junk into Life-Size Models of Old Fighter Planes
Ian Baron, a nuclear plant mechanic from Bowmanville, Canada, has spent the last five years building life-size replicas of old fighter planes from various kinds of junk. Ian started making his planes five years ago, after visiting the Ford Automotive Museum in Michigan where he saw what can be accomplished by bending metal. He had […]
Peruvian Smoothie Stand Sells “Delicious” Frog Juice
A counter-top restaurant in Lima, Peru has been selling fresh frog juice for the last 15 years, and some locals drink it every day because they say it gives them strength. There’s nothing like a glass of fresh juice in the morning, right? Peruvian restaurant owner Carmen Gonzales would agree with this 100%, only she […]
Life-Size Ford Explorer Replica Built from 382,000 LEGO Bricks
I’m not a very big fan of Ford’s new Explorer SUV, but I have to say I’m impressed with the life-size LEGO model created by workers at Legoland Florida. You’re probably thinking a Mustang or a Ford GT would have looked a lot cooler than a LEGO Explorer, and you’d be right, but you have […]
World’s Only Dog Chapel Faces Shutdown Due to Unpaid Debts
Created by artist Stephen Huneck as a place where people of all religions could celebrate the spiritual connection they have with their dogs, the famous Dog Chapel of Vermont is now in danger of being closed down due to unpaid property taxes. Stephen Huneck loved dogs for as far as he could remember, but growing […]
Mind-Boggling Embroidered Portraits by Cayce Zavaglia
Cayce Zavaglia is an embroidery artist from St. Louis, Missouri whose embroidered portraits look more like paintings than needle and thread artworks. Over the past 16 years, Cayce has created portraits of her family, friends and fellow artists, but while her passion for the expressions of the human face has remained constant, paint has slowly […]
Tokyo Dental Salon Specializes in Giving Girls Crooked Teeth
A dental salon in Tokyo’s Ginza district has become very popular with girls after it advertised a cosmetic procedure that lengthens and sharpens canines to enhance a feature Japanese call “yaeba”. Crooked teeth are seen as imperfections in many western countries, and particularly in America, where braces are practically a God-given gift to man, but […]
French Chocolatier Organizes Chocolate Boat Regatta
Thousands of people gathered on the banks of the Odet River, in Quimper, western France, to see seven chocolate boats competing in the sweetest regatta ever. Georges Larnicol first made headlines last year, when he managed to sail in a 1.2-tonne-heavy chocolate boat, in Concarneau port. Now the 56-year-old master chocolatier, who owns a dozen […]
Artist Creates Un-BRIE-leavable Cheese Portraits
To celebrate British Cheese Week, artist Faye Halliday has created a series of creamy celebrity portraits made with cheese spread. The young artist created her series of cheese portraits using only cheese spread on a black canvas. Halliday was commissioned by English brand Primula to test the versatility of their cheese spreads in a really […]
Dresses Made from 3,000 Yak Nipples Spark Controversy
Fashion designer Rachel Freire has recently been called “sick” by animal rights activists, after she presented a series of creations made from 3,000 yak nipples, at London Fashion Week. And you thought no one could top Lady Gaga’s famous meat dress, right? Well, yak nipples seem a lot more bizarre than some sewn pieces of red meat. […]
10 Best Finds of the Week #10
Drainage Tube Hotel: Next Generation Recycled Living (Bit Rebels) Designer Transforms Wonderbras into Handbags (Metro) Guy Attempts to Survive on Only His Wife’s Breast Milk (Geekosystem) 12 Most Poisonous Frogs on Earth (Environmental Graffiti) 10 Bizarre Divorce Products (Oddee) The Angola Prison Rodeo (Atlas Obscura) Meet Medus – The World’s Longest Snake (Daily Mail) Cage […]
World’s First 7-Star Pet Resort Opens in Dubai
Urban Tails Dubai, the world’s first seven-star resort for pets, was inaugurated this summer and owners say it was such a big hit they’ve been full all season. Just think of this place like an equivalent of Burj al Arab for cats and dogs. It was created by Irish ex-pat Aideen O’Mara who moved to […]
Embroidered Wine Stain Portraits by Amelia Harnas
American artist Amelia Harnas creates original portraits by spilling wine on white cotton or paper canvases and embroidering certain details to emphasize features. It’s amazing what some artists can achieve with the most unusual of mediums. Take wine for example, I’ve seen it used as a weapon during the Haro Wine Battle, and as a […]
Forcadas – The Brave Bullfighting Women of Mexico and Portugal
It takes a lot of guts to get in the ring with an enraged bull, even when carrying a sharp sword, but the forcadas (women bullfighters) are brave enough to take the bull head-on without any kind of protection or weaponry. During the early days of bullfighting, the bullring had a staircase leading to the […]
Akodessewa Fetish Market – Africa’s Voodoo Supermarket
Togo’s Akodessewa Fetish Market is recognized as the largest fetish market in the world, a place where Voodoo practitioner can find anything they need for their rituals. The practice of voodoo began in West Africa, before being taken to America by slaves, and in countries like Togo, Ghana, or Nigeria the religion is very much […]
Amazing Pin and Thread Installations by Debbie Smyth
British artist Debbie Smyth uses hundreds of pins and meters of delicate thread to create mind-blowing art installations. I’ve seen a lot of impressive artworks made from thread, but young Debbie Smyth is really pushing the envelope with her incredible thread drawings. She’s mixing fine art drawings and textile art, illustration and embroidery, flat and […]