Showing posts from February, 2011

Portraits Made of Screws by Andrew Myers

Feb 28, 2011

California based artist Andrew Myers drives screws at varying depths into plywood and paints over them, creating unique 3D images. Andrew...

Romulo Celdran’s Oversized Sculptures

Feb 27, 2011

French artist Romulo Celdran , in his art series named Macro , created exaggerated versions of everyday objects. Without the artist sitti...

Animals of London Underground

Feb 25, 2011

Animals on the Underground is a collection of over 30 animal characters made using only lines, stations and interchange symbols on the Lond...

The Great Banyan Tree

Feb 24, 2011

The Great Banyan Tree located in Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah, near Kolkata, India, is the widest tree in the...

The Largest Family in the World

Feb 24, 2011

An Indian man from Mizoram, in northeastern part of the country, has the largest family in the world with a head count of 181 which include ...

49th Anniversary of the Historic Mercury 6 Flight

Feb 22, 2011

February 20th, 2011, marked the 49th anniversary of Astronaut John Glenn's historic 1962 flight aboard the NASA spacecraft Friendship 7,...

New Zealand Earthquake in Pictures

Feb 22, 2011

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.3 in Richter scale shook New Zealand's South Island and its largest city of Christchurch on Tuesday...

Chinese Man Lives With Knife In Head For 4 Years

Feb 22, 2011

Surgeons in southern China successfully removed a rusty, 4-inch knife from the skull of a man who said it had been stuck in there for four y...

Lemon Festival Begins in Menton

Feb 22, 2011

From February 18th to March 9th the French town of Menton on the Riviera is given over to the celebration of the fruit Lemon. The lemon fest...

Life is Too Short for the Wrong Job: Ad Campaign

Feb 22, 2011

At the 2007 International Andy Awards, held in New York on April, this Scholz & Friends campaign for a German job seekers' site took...

Anamorphic Artworks of Awtar Singh Virdi

Feb 20, 2011

Awtar Singh Virdi from India is a skilled anamorphic artist. Anamorphosis is an art of distorted projection or perspective requiring the vi...

The World’s Smallest Aquarium

Feb 20, 2011

Miniature artist Anatoly Konenko, who hails from the Siberian city of Omsk, has built the world’s smallest aquarium. A glass cube measuring ...

Banksy’s Artwork Spotted in Los Angles

Feb 20, 2011

Graffiti credited to secretive British artist Banksy has been appearing in Los Angeles over the past few days. Banksy is nominated for best...

Disassembled Objects by Todd McLellan

Feb 18, 2011

Canadian artist Todd McLellan disassembles various gadgets, such as old telephones, cameras or typewriters, and arranges their parts in an ...

Chinese Lunar Year Celebration

Feb 18, 2011

The Lantern Festival marks the 15th and final day of Chinese Lunar New Year festivities and was celebrated all over the world by the Chinese...

Lip Art by Paige Thompson

Feb 17, 2011

American artist and DeviantArt member Paige Thompson paints her own lips vividly colorful to create cute little animals in her series “Anim...

Back to the Future by Irina Werning

Feb 17, 2011

Back to the future is an ongoing project where Argentinian photographer Irina Werning takes different people's favorite old school pho...

The World's Rarest Bird Photo Competition

Feb 17, 2011

The World’s Rarest Birds international photo competition by the World's Rarest Birds project was announced last month. The competition,...

Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Aircraft Debuts

Feb 16, 2011

On February 13, Boeing unveiled a new passenger airplane – the extra spacious Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, which is characterized by low o...

Westminster Dog Show 2011

Feb 15, 2011

New York is currently hosting the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden for the 135th year. Approximately 2,500 dogs arr...

Arctic Technology by Christian Houge

Feb 13, 2011

Photographer Christian Houge's Arctic Technology series offers a look at large-scale scientific installations on the Norwegian island o...

Alexander Farto Makes Art By Scratching Walls

Feb 11, 2011

Alexandre Farto is a gifted Portuguese street artist who has an amazing knack for creating large wall art pieces. Mr Farto, better known as...

Thai Airline Hires Transsexual Flight Attendants

Feb 10, 2011

A new Thai airline, PC Air, has recently hired four crew of the “third sex” as flight attendants, including Thanyarat "Film" Jirap...

International Balloon Festival at Chateau d'Oex

Feb 9, 2011

The International Balloon Festival in the picturesque alpine village of Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland, has been held for three decades. Thi...

Magnificent Sculptures at 62nd Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan

Feb 8, 2011

The Sapporo Snow Festival is one of Japan's largest and most distinctive winter events, and taken part by artist from various regions of...

Light paintings by Janne Parviainen

Feb 8, 2011

Finland based artist, Janne Parviainen creates 'light paintings' featuring eerie skeletal figures glowing in the dark. Janne Parvia...

Tropical Extravaganza Festival at Kew Gardens

Feb 7, 2011

Kew Gardens is hosting a month-long festival to showcase thousands of exotic orchids and tropical plants. The Tropical Extravaganza is an o...

Haw Par Villa–Singapore’s Most Bizarre Theme Park

Feb 7, 2011

Haw Par Villa, originally known as the Tiger Balm Gardens, is a Chinese mythological theme park in Singapore that is home to some of the fre...

Funny Headgear at Egypt Protest

Feb 5, 2011

Photos of the unrest in Egypt that has been splashing across news tabloids and Internet blogs the last few days are mostly violent and depre...

Largest Game of Dodge-ball Held in Edmonton, Canada

Feb 5, 2011

A team of exactly 2,012 members consisting of staff and students of University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, took to an indoor field at the ...

Nuremberg International Toy Fair 2011

Feb 4, 2011

The Nuremberg Toy Fair, open to industry professionals only, is one of the biggest events of its kind. At the 62nd edition of the fair, abou...

Thomas C. Chung’s Knitted Sculptures

Feb 4, 2011

Artist Thomas C. Chung was born in Hong Kong and lives and work in Norway. Like previously featured artist Ed Bing Lee , Chung uses wool to...

Spectacular Caves and Rocks at Staffa Island

Feb 4, 2011

The island of Staffa in Scotland is probably best known for its unique geological features, such as the many caves and the unique shape of t...

The House in the Island of Elliðaey

Feb 4, 2011

If there ever is an ultimate holiday getaway location, it has to be the island of Elliðaey near Vestmannaeyjar, a small archipelago off the ...

Walton Creel Creates Artwork By Shooting Bullets

Feb 1, 2011

Walton Creel is an American artist who uses a .22 caliber rifle given to him by his father as a present to create artwork by shooting compl...

Tough Guy Challenge 2011

Feb 1, 2011

The annual Tough Guy competition, an event which bills itself as 'the safest most dangerous taste of mental and physical pain, fear and ...

Cabin Built From Fossilized Dinosaur Bones

Feb 1, 2011

Located near Medicine Bow, Wyoming, along US Route 30 lies one of USA’s oddest roadside attraction. It’s a cabin constructed out of fossiliz...