Oddities, Weird stuff, Strange things of our world.
California-based artist Ashley V Blalock is making grandmoms everyone proud — and probably slightly jealous. Her ongoing project, “Keeping Up Appearances”, aims to make stairwells, trees and everything in between a home for her massive red doilies. Here’s the idea behind “Keeping Up Appearances”: “Although non-threatening in a domestic setting, in the gallery and at …
Most people end up with a massive pile of junk after cleaning out mom or dad’s attic. This woman uncovered thousands of intimate photos that her mother kept from the world. The world will finally get to see her work. From Colossal: “Russian artist and theater critic Masha Ivashintsova (1942-2000) lived a secret life as …
“Do what you love” is a good approach to work. A Chinese chef is doing what he loves and bringing influences from his other passions. The result is “fashionable sushi.” From Fubiz: “Chinese chef Yujia Hu based in Milan combines his two passions in his culinary creations: cooking and fashion. He revisits traditional sushis rolls …
Going to the video rental store was a magical experience. Every movie (almost) was available to rent and take home. Now, literally, EVERY movie is available right on a phone. We miss the 1990s. British FX artist Andrew Glazebrook misses the 1990s too. Specifically the local video rental shop. Glazebrook created this incredibly convincing 1/25 scale …
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Ruby Silvious is a visual artist and graphic designer, whose recent work includes experimenting on recycled and found materials. In 2015, she started a project called 363 Days of Tea, a visual daily record of her impression of the moment, using the emptied-out tea bag as her canvas, and altering it to create a new …
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It’s sad to think that hate will never disappear. As long as humans roam the Earth, one group of people will hate another for no good reason. Thankfully, there are people trying to squash hate wherever it pokes its ugly head. To fight hate in his hometown of Berlin, artist Ibo Omari and his Die …
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Christmas was a few weeks ago and I’m still tossing cardboard boxes into recycling. Perhaps I should reconsider putting it out on the curb and turn it all into lifelike sculptures of my neighbors. Ok, I’m not that talented. Warren King, however, is very talented and his cardboard people creatures are fascinating and amazing. Here’s …
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These days, it’s hard to decipher fiction from reality. With a President threatening a nuclear attack on social media and weather events straight out of a James Cameron film, the line gets blurred. Photographer Laurent Pons is blurring those lines even more by bringing the characters and vehicles of Star Wars to modern day Paris. …
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When you think of art, you probably think of a tortured, starving soul who lives in a loft and agonizes over how to capture the insolence of youth and the meaninglessness of life on canvas. Perhaps you think of the snobby purveyor with a pseudo-British accent who only associates with people named Pierpont and Carter …