The Real Life Paintings of Alexa Meade
All of Alexa Meade’s artistic creations look like they’ve just escaped from a famous painting and are trying to fond their place in the real world. One of the best body-painters in the world, Alexa Meade uses acrylic paint to make her subjects look like real-life paintings. I know it’s hard to believe, but these […]
Elephant Dung Stilettos Prove Fashion Stinks
Featuring a 10-inch tall platform, made out of elephant poop, these crazy stilettos stink, for real. Created by London-based designer, INSA, the elephant dung shoes are a response to the famous work of Chris Ofili, who used elephant dung in all of his paintings. INSA retraced Ofili’s footsteps, from over 15 years ago, and used […]
Old Printed Circuit Boards Turned into Sculptures
Printed circuit boards (PCB) are one of the biggest environment threats of our time, and recycling them, instead of dumping them in a landfill, should be a top priority. Artist Steven Rodrig took PCB recycling to another level, when he created a series of sculptures made entirely from circuit boards and other electronic parts. His […]
James Kuhn – The Rembrandt of Face Painting
46-year-old James Kuhn uses his face as canvas, to create some of the most eccentric face-paintings you’ve ever seen. Kuhn says he has always been an artist, drawing in his oatmeal, as a child, but found his passion for face-painting, one day when he was snowed in, and couldn’t get to work. He is famous […]
Reborn Babies Are so Realistic It’s Scary
Glenda Ewart, a very talented artist, from Castlerock, Ireland, creates hyper-realistic dolls of newborn babies. A former chef, Glenda Ewart discovered her talent as her doll-sculpting artist while she was pregnant with her first child. Now she creates realistic baby dolls, using multiple coats of paint, to recreate a newborn’s soft skin. After the skin […]
The Easter Egg Celebrities of John Lamouranne
John Lamouranne, also known as The Egg Man, has been creating celebrity egg sculptures, for over 30 years. His career as The Egg Man begain 1978, when, during an Easter vacation to Disney World, John Lamouranne was inspired to paint a Disney character, on an egg, for his daughter. At first, he painted one egg […]
Vipula Athukorale’s Intricate Butter Sculptures
46-year old Vipula Athukorale spends tens of hours creating some of the most intricate food-art masterpieces in the world. Mr. Athukorale has worked, as a chef, in high ranking restaurants in Grece, Cyprus, Bahrain, Iraq and England, creating amazing works of edible art, out of butter. Actually, he uses pastry margarine, but “margarine sculptures” doesn’t […]
Fairytale Urban Art Spotted in the Ukraine
It’s amazing how many incredible artistic wonders go unnoticed, simply because they’re so well hidden that no one knows about them. This particular artwork is set up at the 13th floor of an Ukrainian apartment building, in Kiev. It’s really hard to describe, and even looking at the amazing photos below, it’s hard to understand […]
Dictator Toddlers Show the Evil in All of Us
Danish artist Nina Maria Kleivan replaced her new-born daughter’s baby clothes with uniforms of known dictators . No, Ms. Kleivan is not a fan of dictatorship, she just used this opportunity to show that evil is present in all of us, no matter how innocent we may look. The idea for this unusual art project […]
Death Star Watermelon and Cantaloupe
They say you shouldn’t play with your food, but when something as awesome as the Death Star is involved, rules don’t really apply. And plus, it’s food art! The Death Star cantaloupe isn’t very new, It was showcased for the first time in 2008, on the Evil Scientist blog, together with hints on how to […]
Mallakhamb – Extreme Indian Pole Dancing
Modern pole-dancing may be attractive to look-at, but in terms of difficulty, it’s nothing to the old Indian sport of Mallakhamb. Mallakhamb originated in Maharastra, India, during the 12th century, as a form of training for wrestlers. The word “Malla” means wrestler, while “khamb” translates as pole. This old art had almost been lost throughout […]
Pilobolus Dance Theatre Becomes Human Alphabet
By twisting their bodies into impossible positions, the members of the Pilobolus Dance Theater have recreated 26 letters of the alphabet. To immortalize their efforts, the Pilobolus recruited photographer John Kane, who used secrets of the trade to make the human letters look amazing. The magic happened in John’s studio, in Connecticut, over a period […]
Bald Artist Uses His Head as a Canvas
Phillip Levine began noticing a receding hairline, in his early twenties, and instead of wearing a wig or getting implants, he decided to use his head in the name of art. With the help of talented body-painter, Kat Sinclair, the British artist immortalizes his designs, on the top of his bald head. “Unlike a wig […]
The Mysterious Midnight Knitter of New Jersey
The small town of Cape West May, New Jersey is currently being “terrorized” by a group of “despicable” people who wrap trees, stop signs and even lamp posts in knitted covers. You can clearly understand why the local authorities want them brought to justice, right? Of course you can’t, but they do offer a useful […]
The Key Sculpture of Prague
Designed and built by Jili David, voted the most influential Czech artist of the last 20 years, this impressive work of art was unveiled on March 9, in the Franz Kafka Square of Prague. Made using 85,741 metal keys, the sculpture symbolizes the 20 years that have passed since the Velvet Revolution. Keys were picked […]