Giant Meerkat Straw Sculpture Turns Up in England
A 36-foot-tall meerkat statue made of straw has appeared on a field, in Chester, England, drawing the attention of drivers on the A51 motorway. I don’t know if you remember, but last year I wrote a post about a straw replica of the Big Ben, built by the owner of an ice-cream company. His straw […]
Chimera Fetus Is the Perfect Bizarre Gift
Missmonster, a talented freelance artist with a taste for the bizarre, has created a series of fetal chimeras that you can buy as presents for your quirky friends. Melita Curphy, better known as Missmonster, creates the most amazing things, from weird dolls, to cool pendants, masks and even awesome clothing accessories. Her latest creation will […]
Chinese Boy Clips Stuff with His Tongue
13-year-old Xiao Xin puts on a show for his family, as he clips everyday items with his tongue. The young boy from Daqing, northeast China, was born with a snake-like tongue that branches out close to its tip, allowing him to use it as a tool for clipping various things. So far he hasn’t found […]
Hemingway Look-Alike Contest Takes Place in Key West
The island city of Key West has been hosting an Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest, for the last 20 years. People sporting wool turtle-neck sweaters and white beards try to convince the judges they most resemble the famous writer. Interestingly enough, Hemingway Day takes place during the month of July, a time when the real Ernest […]
The Creepy Art of Seiko Kato
Perhaps a bit to eerie and strange for the average fellow, Seiko Kato‘s Victorian dolls are just what the doctor ordered for a bizarre-lover like me. Seiko Kato, from Brighton, England, is an artist and illustrator who finds inspiration in old Victorian medical books, Victorian books and encyclopedias, and Victorian paraphernalia. At fist glance, her […]
The Suzdal Cucumber Festival
Cucumbers may be just every day vegetables to you, but in the Russian town of Suzdal they are of such importance that they have their own yearly festival. The first cucumbers were cultivated in the Suzdal area, around 500 years ago, and some locals even consider the popular vegetable inherently Russian. The people here consider […]
Who Says Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees?
If your parents are anything like mine, they probably told you money doesn’t grow on trees more than a million times, when you were growing up. Well I can’t wait to show them how wrong they were all those years. In an attempt to “wake up people’s lazy money”, RaboDirect, an Australian online bank sponsored […]
Toastman and His Crunchy Toast Art
New-Zealander Maurice Bennet, also known as “Toastman”, creates incredible portraits and abstract works of art using toast. Born in Paeroa, in the late 1950s, Maurice Bennett has always been fascinated by the art world, and as a young man, he traveled the world visiting museums and art galleries learning more and more about traditional and […]
The Junk Portraits of Vik Muniz
Using domestic and industrial junk, Brazilian artist Vik Muniz is able to recreate anything, from photographs to famous paintings. Just because the artworks of Vik Muniz is made of junk, doesn’t mean it stinks. he’s actually been living in New York for the last 27 years, and is now recognized as one of the most […]
Toy Story Fan Changes His Name to Buzz Lightyear
In order to prove his love for the Toy Story franchise, Steve Bolton decided to change his name to Buzz Lightyear. 26-year-old Steve Bolton has been a big fan of Toy Story since the first animated movie came out, and thought he should do something really special to celebrate the premiere of Toy Story 3. […]
Star Wars Yoga – Because Geeks Need Exercise Too
Star Wars and Yoga don’t have that much in common , unless maybe the mysticism that surrounds both the Jedi arts and the ancient meditative discipline, but that didn’t stop a fanboy from combining them in an awesome set of Star wars inspired Yoga positions. While contemplating names of various Yoga poses, young Matthew Latkiewicz, […]
Chinese Artists Create World’s Longest Piece of Embroidery
Chinese artist Qiao Lianchun, along with 25 other artists, is claiming the Guinness world record for the longest piece of embroidery. The 25-meter-long, 0.96-meter-tall embroidered work of art may not look like much from a distance, but it took a team of artists two years to complete. Made up of 3, 150,000 stitches, the embroidery […]
The Recycled Art of Guerra de la Paz
Guerra de la Paz is the name of an artistic duet, made up of Alain Guerra and Neraldo de la Paz, two Cuban artists who live and work in Miami, Florida. Since the favorite art medium of Guerra and de la Paz is clothing, the two find procure their material from waste bins and second […]
The Wacky Wooden Tub Race of Ito City
Every year, since 1956, the Japanese city of Ito has hosted the wooden tub race on Matsukawa River, a fun event that draws competitors and spectators from all around the world. According to the story, the Japanese women of Ito used wooden tubs and wash boards to clean their laundry at Matsukawa River. When these […]
The Twisted Porcelain Dolls of Jessica Harrison
I’ve featured some bizarre dolls before, but Jessica Harrison’s creations are damn right twisted. I luv’em! These ghastly ceramic figures look like something you’d expect to find on the dinning room table of a serial killer, but they’re actually the work of a talented artist with a taste for the bizarre. Sure, a young lady […]