31-year-old Ben Young makes intricate wave sculptures from numerous layers of cut glass. Raised in Waihi Beach, New Zealand and now residing in Sydney, Australia, the self-taught artist has been making glass sculptures now for over a decade. Each of Young’s sculptures are hand drawn, hand cut and hand crafted, layer on layer to…
Photograph by KURT ARRIGO Website | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr | 500px In this beautiful underwater capture by Kurt Arrigo (featured previously), we see a horse going for a swim in the ocean. I love that he caught this from below, it adds an extra element to an already ethereal scene. To see…
Nigeria’s Segun Toriola produces an incredible defensive display to win a 41-shot rally against Singapore’s Ning Gao during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. This match was part of the Men’s Team – Table Tennis tournament. Singapore would go on to defeat England for the Gold Medal while Nigeria defeated India for the…
Crows are considered among the most intelligent of all animals (see here and here for proof). In this video, a crow is seen lobbying a group of humans for some water on a hot and humid day. It takes a while but the bird is ultimately successful, replenishing himself before taking flight. As previously…
More doctors like this guy please! Getting a shot can be a scary experience for a child but this doctor does his best to put this baby at ease. Hats off to you good sir.
David Irvine is the talented artist behind the Gnarled Branch. The self-professed illustrator and crafter is known for his whimsical furniture, his Gothic sculptures and what he describes as ‘Re-Directed Paintings’. Featured below is his ongoing series of re-directed paintings where Irvine finds old and/or discarded thrift store paintings and revives them by adding…
Photographer Unknown via zimvi on reddit Seen here is a 1949 Cadillac covered in 38,295 pennies. According to the blog You Got to be Kidding, the pennies were affixed one by one using silicone. The project took six weeks to complete and added over 200 pounds to the car’s overall weight. If you enjoyed…
Incredible footage shows an RNLI lifeguard rescuing a boy who had been dragged away from Crooklets Beach in Bude, Cornwall, in a very strong rip current while bodyboarding. He was heard screaming for help so lifeguard Joby Wolfenden-Brown paddled out on a rescue board and grabbed the boy, who was exhausted and clearly in…
One family, 2 cameras, 30 countries, 60 flights, 1000+ timelapse videos, 200,000+ images and almost 20 terabytes of data. An amazing compilation of timelapse videos shot over the last two years by Stan Chang while travelling Europe with his wife and son. How many places did you recognize?
Luis Hernan uses long exposure photography and an instrument called a Kirlian Device to try and visualize the wifi signals all around us. On his project website Digital Ethereal, Hernan explains: The Kirlian Device is an instrument designed to reveal qualities of wireless networks. The device is named after Semyon Davidovich Kirlian, who discovered…