mental_floss Blog » The House of Blood Where is the house of blood? It could be your house with these home furnishings, most of which are available at the click of a mouse. Individually, they might be described as conversation pieces; put them all together and you'll have a house of horrors no one would want to visit twice. One of these products used the description "Gruesome, bloody, and absolutely offensive." This collection is not for the squeamish. Dining Room Designer Amy Lau was inspired by the serial killer show on Showtime when she came up with these Dexter dining room chairs. Lighting The Blood Bucket Lamp looks like it's pouring all over your desktop, but the blood is the stem and base. Lamp This Blood Lamp doesn't look that bloody, but the way you turn it on can be considered gruesome. Cutlery The Bloody Kitchen Knife is food safe, except when someone comes into the kitchen and sees you use it! Coffee Set How about a 14-piece Bloody Coffee Set, complete with drops and smears? Table Linen Table Candles Shower Curtain
What Does Love Mean to a Four-Year-Old? | John Mark Ministries A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, “What does love mean?” The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think: “When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.” “When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. “Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.” “Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.” “Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.” “Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.” “Love is when you kiss all the time. “Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.”
Sagaki Keita (click images for detail) Artist Sagaki Keita was born in 1984 and lives and works in Tokyo. His densely composited pen and ink illustrations contain thousands of whimsical characters that are drawn almost completely improvised. I am dumbstruck looking at these and love the wacky juxtaposition of fine art and notebook doodles. 15 Bizarre Buildings Architecture can amaze us in so many ways. There are structures that can make our jaw drop because of their beauty while others are so grandiose to look at. They are also usually those kind of buildings that convince us to take a double-take on our camera. They look strange, silly, weird, and sometimes, funny. These are the structures that challenge our vision and trick our mind, each time we take another look at them; it takes us back to the awe that architecture always manages to convey. Here are 15 buildings that will surely get a double-take once you get around them. 1. Image Image The Dancing House is found in Prague, Czech Republic. The unique design of a bent building was very nontraditional during their time and took a lot of criticism from the public. Its original name was supposed to be Fred and Ginger, after the famous dancers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Source 2. Image Image The Crooked House is a very unusual house found in Sopot, Poland. Source 3. Image Image Source 4. Image 5.
BACK TO THE FUTURE : Irina Werning - Photographer I love old photos. I admit being a nosey photographer. As soon as I step into someone else’s house, I start sniffing for them. Now its time for KOREA, TAIWAN AND TOKYO. Pancho 1983 & 2010, Buenos Aires Fer 1970 & 2010 Buenos Aires Mechi 1990 & 2010 Buenos Aires Marita y Coty 1977 & 2010 Bs Aires Demian 1989 & 2010 London Cecile 1987 & 2010 France Nico Mella 1990 & 2010 France Oscar 1978 & 2010 Buenos Aires Ato 1992 & 2010 Buenos Aires Lulu Geraldine 1980 & 2010 Bs Aires Ian 1983 & 2010 London Male Sil Flor 1983 & 2010 Bs Aires Nico 1986 & 2010 Buenos Aires Lucía 1956 & 2010 Buenos Aires Marina 1988 & 2010 Buenos Aires Flor 1975 & 2010 Buenos Aires Mati 1977 & 2010 Buenos Aires My Parents 1970 & 2010 Buenos Aires Negra 1980 & 2010 Buenos Aires Ingrid 1987 & 2010 Buenos Aires Sue 1977 & 2010 London Tommy 1977 & 2010 Buenos Aires Morita Sisters 1979 & 2010 Bs Aires Lali 1978 & 2010 Buenos Aires
Ceramic artworks by Eva Funderburgh Eva Funderburgh is a ceramic artist located in Seattle, Washington. Coming from an education in chemistry and sculpture, she has focused herself on making strange whimiscal clay creatures. She works on exploring the colors natural to the clay and the finishing process of woodfire, and strives to present creatures that equally mix whimsy, mischief, and threat. Official website Facebook You might also like Comments Michael Dachstein Inspiration junkie :)
The Blue And The Green Email No matter how strongly you want to believe you are seeing blue and green spirals here, there is no blue color in this image. There is only green, red and orange. What you think is blue is actually green. You can check this through Photoshop or by zooming, if you need an affirmation. If you don’t believe your eyes, check this image enlarged: Care to pop in to my new project todayilearned.co.uk, a blog about unusual and interesting things. Discovered on Akiyoshi Kitaoka’s site Leave your comment: You may also like these posts: Unique Steampunk Insects Since the late 1990′s style steampunk is becoming more and more popular, and not only in the literature. Various modern utilitarian objects have been modded by enthusiasts into a pseudo-Victorian mechanical “steampunk” style. And often this stylization gives very unexpected results.
How To Build A Fireball You Can Hold Video Inuit Mythology Project « Eva Widermann Illustration Artwork for the INUIT MYTHOLOGY PROJECT by Inhabit Media, Nunavut The Inuit Mythology Project was founded to collect and preserve the culture, the legends and the heroes of the Inuit for their children. I feel honoured to take part in this exciting project. All images © by Inhabit Media アサメグラフ ポケモン百五十一鬼夜行絵巻 君はここに記された妖をすべて従え、魑魅魍魎の主となるのだ！ ※全てクリックで原寸に拡大されます※ ポケモン百五十一鬼夜行絵巻① ポケモン百五十一鬼夜行絵巻② ジョウトポケモン百鬼夜行絵巻① ジョウトポケモン百鬼夜行絵巻② (ぽけもん 捕り申した) 例へ 火の中 水の中 草の中 森の中 土の中 雪の中 娘御の下履きの中 (あれえ) ※中々 中々 中々 中々 大変では御座るが 必ずや捕り申す ぽけもん捕り申す 南伝馬町に しからばこれにて 拙者はこの者と 旅に出る (ぴかちゆう！) 何時も何時でも 上手くいくなどという 保証は何処にも 有り申さぬ (それはそうである) 常住坐臥 本気で生きている この者たちがいる 嗚呼 憧れの ぽけもん無双に なりたし ならざるを得ず 絶対になり申す by nojoさん（pixiv） アサメグラフに戻る Mi padre fabrica preciosas joyas a partir de desechos metálicos | Bored Panda Me llamo Carolin Breeze y soy una estudiante de cine de 23 años procedente de un pequeño país del mundo. Hace como un año, mi padre (de 45 años) vino y me enseñó un artículo de joyería que había hecho con desechos y restos de metal. Me encanta la joyería y al verla me volví loca de contento. Estaba gratamente sorprendida y llena de admiración y cariño hacia mi padre, que perdió su trabajo recientemente pero aún así sigue siendo una persona creativa que nunca ha dejado de usar sus manos para traer algo de magia y belleza al mundo. Desde ese día, hemos estado diseñando distintos tipos de colgantes, pendientes y brazaletes, todos ellos inspirados en la mitología, las culturas antiguas, tribus indias, símbolos celtas, etc. Más información en: Etsy Esta es la 2ª pieza que hizo mi padre: Y esta la 3ª:
Incredible and Scary 3D Pencil Drawings by 17-year old Fredo Realistic pencil drawings are always interesting. It is nice to watch how artist has managed to draw something like it was photographed by camera. However, the plenty of the pencil drawings you have seen by now probably cannot be compared with the following drawings which are literally mind-blowing.Those drawings were made by Fredo, a 17-year old guy from Chile who has found an interesting way to create 3D drawings.Fredo has started to think more seriously about his drawing skills when he was 15. Here you can see some of his 3D realistic pencil drawings which look like they were photographed with camera rather than drawn with hand.