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These Artists Makes Belgian Lake Mysteriously Glow

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In the middle of a small lake in Belgium, a rectangular piece of the water’s surface is mysteriously glowing. This elusive light is the design of Belgian artist duo Karel Burssens and Jeroen Verrecht, aka “88888”, whose works transform specific sites into art. Continue reading »

A Girl Collects Porcupine’s Shed Quills And Makes Different Things Out Of Them

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Snuggles is a 8 month old African Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata) here she is trying to look like a bad ass with her Mohawk quills out.
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An Artist Makes Beautiful Geometric Animal Heads From Wood

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According to an artist Tomasz Ciurka: “Want to have animal’s head on the wall but don’t have a gun? I have a solution! I make them from pine wood with my own hands. All of them are created by connecting geometric polygons. It takes me about 3 hours to complete one pet.” Continue reading »

Marc Sijan Makes Hyperrealistic Sculptures That Are Utterly Amazing

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Meet Marc Sijan, he creates incredibly hyperrealistic sculptures depicting ordinary people. Continue reading »

Artist John Bisbee’s Makes Of Sculptures With Only Nails – “Only Nails, Always Different.”

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While in college, artist John Bisbee was scavenging in an abandoned house looking for items to incorporate into a series of found-object sculptures when he kicked over a bucket of old rusty nails. Continue reading »

Red Panda Makes Herself at Home in the Moscow Zoo

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An 18-month old female red panda named Zein, brought to the Moscow Zoo from Dublin. A female red panda named Zein has become the newest resident of the Moscow Zoo. According to a zoo representative, a second such animal may be brought to Moscow next year. Continue reading »

This Woman’s Mirror Art Makes For The Most Creative Selfies We’ve Ever Seen

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Anyone can take a mirror selfie, but Helene Meldahl takes things to the next level. The 26-year-old has been inserting herself into some fantastic mirror artwork for about a year and posting the results to her Instagram account, Mirrorsme.
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Handyman Makes Special Vehicle for Grandchildren


Wei Guirong drives his granddaughters from kindergarten on his home-made three-wheeled vehicle in Luorong county, Liuzhou city of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on May 19. (Photo: CFP)
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Man Makes Letterbox Shaped Like .44 Magnum Revolver

Roger Buchko of Lopatcong Township, New Jersey, came up with the idea after seeing similar designs online. The semi-retired cabinet-maker spent a few hours every day for four months putting the mailbox together. While he is a gun rights supporter, he said that the bespoke letterbox is not a political statement and was more of an attempt to showcase his craftsmanship.


Roger Buchko has made a giant letterbox in the shape of a .44 Magnum revolver (Picture: AP) Continue reading »

Move Over Libero and Huggies, Armani Now Makes Diapers

Forget the Huggies high fashion diapers, which followed the Libero fashion trend in Scandinavia, now Armani Russia sells diapers. Or diaper covers, rather. Because if you are a filthy rich Russian, of course your heir should be strutting their porch-baby stuff in branded cloth. Silver spoons don’t just appear from nowhere, people! They have to be bought. It’s not just diapers, or rather diaper covers, it’s the clever launch of Armani Ba Why not? Continue reading »

Naked Rambler Stephen Gough Makes His Way South Following Release from Saughton Prison

Stephen Gough, the naked rambler makes his way south through Peebles in the Scottish Borders, following his release from Saughton Prison yesterday after serving his latest sentence on October 6, 2012 in Peebles, Scotland. The rambler has 18 convictions and has been in prison on and off since 2006 with offences ranging from not wearing clothes in front of the sheriff, breach of the peace and contempt of court. In photographs by Jeff J. Mitchell. Continue reading »

Computer Programmer Makes Stephen Hawking and other Famous Faces from Lego Blocks

It takes around 30 hours to build each model, and Iain refuses to use glue – depending instead on arranging the bricks in a way that gives them maximum strength. He orders his bricks ‘in bulk’ online and owns around 50,000 pieces of Lego.

Physicist Stephen Hawking rendered in Lego by imaginative father Iain Heath. Continue reading »

Solar-powered Catamaran Makes a Stop in Singapore

The MS Turanor PlanetSolar yacht arrives in Singapore for a stop on its global tour on October 12. PlanetSolar is the largest solar powered boat in the world and hopes to be the first to circumnavigate the world’s oceans in a 22,000 mile two-year odyssey. (Stephen Morrison / EPA) Continue reading »

Plastic Bottle Boat Makes Maiden Voyage

Four students carry a special boat named “Simida” made of 1,504 empty plastic beverage bottles to a lake for its maiden voyage at Chongqing University of Science and Technology in Southwest China’s Chongqing municipality, Sept 14, 2011. It took the four students two months to make the boat which is 4.48 meters by 1.3 meters and weighs 58.2 kilograms. The maiden voyage lasted about 20 minutes with plenty of students witnessing the occasion. Tang Ming, one of the four students, said they made the boat with an aim to promote the concept of environmental conservation. (Photo/CFP) Continue reading »