Four-Year-Old Russian Girl Speaks Seven Different Languages, Stuns the World
At first glance, Bella Devyatkina, from Moscow, Russia, is your typical carefree, playful four-year-old, but ask her a question in Russian, English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese or Arabic, and you will be shocked by her articulate response. Bella made headlines in Russia a few days ago, when she appeared on a TV talent show, where she spoke seven […]
Japanese Artist Creates Stunningly Realistic Wool Felt Animals
Looking at the majestic wolf below, it’s hard to imagine that it’s not actually a real live animal, but a handmade wool felt sculpture created by talented Japanese artist Terumi Ohta. Born in Hokkaido, Ohta grew up surrounded by flowers and animals, and her love for nature has transcended into her amazing wool felt art. Although she […]
Turkish Artist Recreates Famous Van Gogh Paintings on Water
Turkish artist Garip Ay’s masterpieces sometimes only last a few moments, but they definitely make a lasting impression. He uses the ancient Ebru technique to recreate famous Van Gogh painting on the surface of water. A video recently gone viral shows Garip Ay starting his creative process by mixing black dye and carrageenan, a thickening agent, […]
Hikaru Dorodango – The Delicate Japanese Art of Making Perfect Shiny Spheres Out of Dirt
Hikaru Dorodango, which translates to ‘shiny dumpling’, is a relaxing Japanese art that involves crafting shiny spheres from dirt. That might sound super simple, but it actually takes years to perfect and several hours to manipulate the dirt. It’s all worth it in the end though, because, in the hands of a true master, the end […]
Man Generates Almost No Garbage in Two and a Half Year Trash-Free Experiment
Darshan Karwat, a post-doctorate at the University of Michigan, is making headlines for having maintained an incredibly frugal and sustainable lifestyle during his student years. The man gave up fast food, new clothes, and even toilet paper, until he got to a point where his trash for an entire year fit in just two plastic […]
Kind-Hearted Woman Organizes Birthday Parties for Homeless Children
Texas-based Paige Chenault loves birthdays, and believes everyone should have a chance to celebrate theirs. So she hosts beautiful parties for homeless children, giving them birthday celebrations they’ll remember for the rest of their lives. She started with a few parties in Dallas and went on to found a non profit called The Birthday Party […]
Artist Creates Awe-Inspiring Portrait with 20,000 Teabags
Shanghai-based artist ‘Red’ Hong Yi has made a name for herself in the art world by creating larger-than-life portraits of celebrities using unconventional materials. For her latest masterpiece Red used 20,000 teabags to depict a tea maker practicing his trade. To create the incredibly complex portrait, Hong Yi stained the tea bags individually by steeping them […]
Whiz Kids Use Imaginary Abacus to Solve Complex Math Calculations
In a highly impressive display of mental prowess, young South Asian children are able to solve complex math calculations within seconds simply by flicking their fingers through thin air. Their secret tool – an imaginary abacus. News reports on the Mind Mathlon 2014 program held at the Robotics Lab of the Karachi Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship in […]
El Rodafonio – The Craziest Musical Contraption Ever Created
The street theatre scene in Barcelona was completely transformed in 2010, with the invention of the Rodafonio – perhaps the weirdest musical contraption in the world. Created by renowned designer and musician César Alvarez Bayer, it consists of a gigantic wheel that’s four meters high and only 15 cm wide, like a huge waffle iron. […]
Artist Creates Amazingly Detailed Illustrations from Hundreds of Smaller Illustrations
If you look carefully at Armenian artist Davit Yukhanyan’s meticulously intricate illustrations, you’ll realize that they actually consist of hundreds of smaller illustrations that make up the form, background and shading of the main drawing. The incredibly talented 26-year-old has been drawing and creating for as long as he can remember. Although he works as an architect […]
Jon Neill Creates the Most Amazing Pumpkin Carvings You’ve Ever Seen
Hollywood artist Jon Neill’s pumpkin carvings are so scary they might just give you nightmares this Halloween. The big, wrinkly faces and mouths full of crooked teeth are so life-like and rich in detail that it’s hard to believe they’re actually made of plain old pumpkins. Neill, originally from Kansas City, has been carving pumpkins […]
Artist Uses Sharpie to Transform Husband’s Skyline GTR into an Artistic Masterpiece on Wheels
You don’t really need to spend thousands of dollars on Swarovski crystals or hair extensions to give your car a neat makeover. An inexpensive Sharpie can do the job just as well, if you’re creative enough. Like this woman who used dozens of Sharpies and put in 100 hours of hard work to convert her […]
Multimedia Artist Creates Portrait of Nikola Tesla Using Electricity
To pay tribute to Serbian inventor and electrical engineering genius Nikola Tesla, artist Phil Hansen recently created a portrait of him using only electric sparks. A time lapse video of Hansen creating the painting shows him connecting a couple of wires to a large battery. He then brings the two naked ends of the wire […]
Real-Life Human Dragon Stuffs His Mouth with Sawdust Exhales Smoke and Fire
Kung Fu master Liu Fei, from Mianyang, South-West China, can exhale smoke and fire from his mouth, sort of like a dragon. And I’m not talking about the kind of fire breathing performances you get to see at the circus, either; this man seems to be able to produce fire from within his body, exhaling […]
Can You Believe This Isn’t Trash But Expertly Painted Pieces of Wood?
I wouldn’t blame you if you thought these were just simple photos of discarded trash. I was fooled as well, until I actually read the story behind them. In reality, these are pieces of wood expertly painted by super-talented Kentucky artist Tom Pfannerstill. From crushed Starbucks coffee cups to crumpled Goldfish cracker packages, he is […]