Chiara Vigo – The World’s Last “Sea Silk” Seamstress
The ancient Italian art of spinning ‘sea silk’ is all but lost, save for one woman who still knows how to produce the incredibly rare, almost magical fabric. While modern silk is spun from silkworms, Chiara Vigo can harvest the saliva of a rare variety of clam and spin it into a shiny, gold-like material […]
Makeup Artist Transforms into Amazingly Realistic Comic Book Characters
Comic book makeup is a huge trend these days, but a few artists truly stand out for their spectacular work. Joining the ranks of Lianne Moseley and other Marvel makeup gurus is Argenis Pinal, a California-based cosmetologist. Argenis is insanely popular on Instagram with over 100,000 followers. The man is a wizard with makeup – […]
Gyotaku – The Traditional Japanese Art of Painting Fish with Actual Fish
Back when there were no cameras for fishermen to record their trophy catches, the Japanese came up with a unique printing method called Gyotaku. Gyo means fish, and Taku means impression, and the technique involved just that – using freshly caught fish to make inky impressions on paper. Hundreds of years ago, Japanese fishermen would […]
Indian Artists Turn Mumbai Taxis into Artworks on Wheels
‘Taxi Fabric’ is an innovative art project in Mumbai, India, that allows upcoming designers to transform the interiors of taxicabs in the city. Ten cabs have been given vibrant makeovers so far, and a Kickstarter campaign is underway to raise funds for more. “The Taxi Fabric project is all about providing Indian designers with a […]
90-Year-Old Watchman Turns Russian School into a Veritable Art Gallery
After 25 years of teaching art at several schools, Valery Khramov finally retired from his job, but not from art. The 90-year-old spent the entire summer painting the walls at the school where he currently works as a watchman. He singlehandedly managed to transform the boring institution into an ethereal space, just in time for […]
Man with Two Perfectly Good Ears Is Growing a Third One of His Arm
Award-winning Australian performance artist Stelarc is doing something utterly bizarre in the name of art – he’s growing a third ear, on his arm! Is that even possible, you ask? Well, turns out that it can be done through a complicated surgery. The ear itself was constructed using a frame made of biocompatible material commonly […]
Fish Bone Painting – The Unique Art of Han Bin Lin
For the past two decades, Chinese artist Lin Hanbing has been producing beautiful artworks made exclusively out of discarded fish bones. He’s passionate not only about his creative process, but also about raising awareness on social and environmental issues through his work. Lin, 51, happens to be China’s only fish bone artist. After graduating from […]
Artisanal Currency, a Refreshing and Totally Legal Way to Pay
Have you ever seen currency notes so beautiful that you’d actually hesitate to spend them? Well, they’re called ‘artisanal currency’, and they’re all the rage in several parts of the world, including London, Amsterdam, and New York. The concept is quite similar to artisanal coffee, cheese, or chocolate that is handmade, not mass produced. According to […]
Texas Industrial Worker Has Welding Down to an Art
There are plenty of artists out there who use welding as a part of their creative process, but none that I can think of actually make the welds their artworks. That’s what makes Scott Raabe so special. The Texas-based industrial welder is so good at what he does that his welding works are pieces of art […]
This 87-Year-Old Woman Loves Painting Houses and She’s Incredibly Good at It
They say age is just a number, and Agnes Kasparkova, a grandmother from the Czech village of Louka, in South Moravia, is a perfect example. At age 87, the adorable artist still spends most of her free time doing what she likes most – hand-painting her neighbors’ houses with traditional motifs. Agnes Kasparkova retired from her […]
Artist Creates Intricate Human Figures and Faces Out of Folded Fabric
Benjamin Shine is a British artist who specialises in using the folds of fabric to create detailed human figures and faces. We’ve featured some of his incredible celebrity fabric portraits in the past, but his latest series of artworks is even more impressive. Called The Dance, Shine’s latest exhibit is on display at the Canberra […]
These Sunglasses Let You Experience LSD Hallucinations, No Drugs Required
Thanks to Hungarian artist Bence Agoston, drug-induced hallucinations can now be an everyday experience. His 3D-printed sunglasses can simulate a visual replica of an LSD trip! You don’t need a prescription to get these special glasses, only an appetite for the bizarre. Aptly named ‘Mood’, the glasses are made from 3D-printed frames fitted with six different patterned […]
Italian Artist Turns His Palm into Mind-boggling Optical Illusions
These highly realistic three-dimensional paintings are the handiwork of Italian artist Luca Luce. He’s a makeup artist by profession, but he uses his extensive knowledge of colors and shading to create surreal optical illusions on his own palm. Luca is an ace at clever shadow placement and photorealistic drawing. He brings these two aspects into […]
Artist Appeals to People on Their Deathbeds to Let Him Use Their Corpses in His Next Artwork
Icelandic artist Snorri Asmundsson recently made news headlines for a very bizarre request – he’s asking dying people to donate their corpses for his latest art project. He apparently plans to use corpses in a dance video, promising to return them to their families once he’s done. Snorri first came up with the idea in 2008 – […]
Legendary Artist Transforms Himself into His Late Wife
When artist and musician Genesis P-Orridge met his future wife for the first time, in 1993, she dressed him up in her clothes, makeup, and a wig, transforming him into her lookalike. That, in essence, was his first step towards self-transformation, two decades in the making. To this day, even though his wife Jaye has […]