If you think that calligraphy is only hieroglyphs, then you are mistaken. Cyrillic, Arabic, and Hebrew can elevate alphabetic characters to the level of art. And it's always more than drawing. Calligraphy is pure creativity and zen.
Improve your calligraphy skills:
- "Ultramarine" is an online magazine about graffiti, street art, design, art and street culture in Russia and abroad. A separate section is devoted to calligraphy.
- Calligraffiti.nl - website of one of the most popular calligraphers and street artists Nils Möllman, known as Shoe. He is considered the inventor of the calligraffiti style.
2. Doodling and zentangle - irrational painting
sibmama.ru This activity is suitable for those who start scribbling as soon as they pick up a writing medium. This is how it is translated from English - “doodle”. This is an irrational drawing style that develops memory and creativity, as well as an independent form of modern art.
Get better at doodling and zentangle:
- Tanglepatterns.com is a famous site with a huge amount patterns for creating zentangle tiles.
- Zendoodle- a large community for those who love doodling and zentangle.
3. Marbling - drawing on water
youtube.com Have you ever looked for weird cloud shapes in the sky? Then this hobby is for you: using insoluble paints, a pattern is created on the surface of the water, and then transferred to paper, fabric or any surface. It turns out very unusual and beautiful, and the process is truly mesmerizing.
There are two main marbling techniques: Persian ebru and Japanese suminagashi. The first is dominated by abstract patterns, while the second is dominated by circular patterns.
Improve yourself in the art of marbling:
- Marbling.org is an international marbling community with a library, gallery and forum.
- Suminagashi.com - a site dedicated to suminagashi and other types of marbling.
4. Freezelight - frozen light
popmech.ru You may have already met strange young people who perform magic with flashlights in front of cameras. These are freezelighters. From the English freeze - “freeze” and light - “light”. The light really seems to freeze in the frosty air when it is filmed long exposure. Using this technique, they create both beautiful abstractions and solid figurative compositions. The main thing is no computer processing.
Level up in freezelight:
- Lpwa.pro is a worldwide alliance of light painters.
- Freezelight.ru is an original Russian-language art project dedicated to painting with light. On the site you will find video tutorials and a gallery with cool works.
5. Mehendi - henna painting on the body
salonbeauty24.info An ancient oriental tradition, which is again on the wave of popularity in the 21st century. Everything appears more artists, developing in mehendi, and if you are also looking for new forms, then be sure to try drawing henna on the body. Another form of mehendi hobby is photographing in images created on its basis, including in nude style.
Upgrade to mehendi:
- Mehendischool.ru - online training in henna painting.
- Nidhi's MehndiART- the author's YouTube channel with video tutorials on mehendi for beginners.
6. Kanzashi - ribbon decorations
qulady.ru Kanzashi is a traditional Japanese hair ornament that women wear with their kimono. For us, this term has acquired a new sound - kanzashi - and a new meaning. Kanzashi is a needlework technique that is used to create beautiful hairpins, brooches and other jewelry. To try yourself in this direction, you will need several satin ribbons, a candle or lighter and a needle and thread.
Upgrade to Kanzashi:
- Kanzashi.club is a site where master classes and literature on kanzashi are collected.
- “Masters Fair” - in the section dedicated to kanzashi, there are many photo and video tutorials.
7. Felting - wool felting
livemaster.ru Felting (filting) is a handicraft technique where wool is used to create three-dimensional drawings, toys, panels and other decorative elements. There are several directions: dry, wet felting, nuno-felting. To work, you will need sheep wool, a special needle or soap solution. The hobby is ideal for women and children.
Improve your skills in felting:
- Woolwares.ru - a site about felting for beginners with videos and master classes.
- Club.osinka.ru - a forum section about felting on the most popular site about needlework.
8. Isographics - embroidery on cardboard
In our country, this activity is also called thread graphics or simply isothread, and in English-speaking countries - embroidery on paper (“embroidery on paper”). All you need to create in this direction is thick paper and thread. Great for sharing creativity with children.
Upgrade in isographics:
- “Country of Masters” - this site contains many master classes and examples of finished works, including those using the thread graphics technique.
- « Favorite lesson» - a series of master classes on isothread.
9. Patchwork - patchwork sewing
tutknow.ru View applied creativity with centuries-old traditions, when scattered scraps of fabric are transformed into a solid mosaic canvas. Using the patchwork technique (quilting, quilting), you can sew not only a blanket, but a bag or, for example, a toy.
Level up in patchwork:
- Jacquelynnesteves.com is the blog of Jacqueline Steeves, who simply loves quilting.
- Loskut.handmadecrafts.ru - patchwork workshop with materials from the paper magazine of the same name.
livemaster.ru Hobbies for those who love to cook and draw. This can be done at the same time if you start painting gingerbread cookies with icing (special sugar glaze). If you really get carried away and get good at it, you can even make money from it.
Get into gingerbread painting:
- "Masters Fair" - the most famous in Runet trading platform with handmade goods, where, among other things, master classes on baking and decorating gingerbread are collected.
- Julia Mylle- author's YouTube channel on gingerbread painting.
11. Brewing - preparing a foamy drink at home
joyreactor.cc This is a whole science. And many successfully master it right in their kitchens. At first, the result is encouraging: you won’t find tasty beer during the day. But then the process itself drags on.
Improve your brewing skills:
- "Guide to brewing homemade beer" - detailed guide for newbies.
- “Russian Wikipedia about home brewing” - all about how to brew a drink from malt and hops on your own.
housesdesign.ru Recycle translated from English means “reusing things.” This is the name of the environmental direction, which implies waste separation, responsible consumption and energy saving, as well as the direction of applied creativity. Why throw away grandma's old chest of drawers, plastic bottles or, if they can be given a second life? Just use your imagination.
Upgrade to recycle:
- Recyclemag.ru is an online publication about an eco-friendly lifestyle. The site contains news, articles and tips on how to take care of the planet and live in accordance with the philosophy of minimalism.
- Pinterest.com - on the most creative of all social networks you will find many master classes on repurposing and decorating old things. Request - DIY recycle.
13. Customizing - from jeans to bikes
bikeexif.com Customizing is the alteration of clothing. Customizers turn skirts, shirts into dresses, and ordinary T-shirts are turned into designer ones. A hobby for those who always want to be in style, but are not ready to spend a lot of money on clothes.
For men, customization is often expressed in the transformation of motorcycles and cars. Custom bikes are real works of art, and their creators are usually literally passionate about their passion.
Get better at customizing:
- “Second Street” is a website and community of the same name, where thousands of craftsmen post their work on remaking things and are inspired by each other’s ideas.
- Customoto.com is a site where there is everything about creating exclusive motorcycles.
14. Modding - transforming equipment outside and inside
twitter.com/@Razer The term “modding”, that is, modification, change, is traditionally used in relation to the alteration of computers. The peak of fashion for this hobby came in the mid-2000s. Now smartphones and tablets rule, so they, as well as other gadgets, are being modified. For modern modders it is important not only appearance, but also device performance.
Level up in modding:
- Modding.ru is a large portal about modding with a forum.
- Topmods.net is one of the oldest Russian-language sites about this hobby.
youtube.com A beautiful and unusual hobby for biologists and romantics. In addition to special knowledge, you will need an insectarium, a humidifier, a thermometer and other devices to make the fluttering beauties feel good. But if everything works out, breeding tropical butterflies can become a profitable side hustle.
Get better at raising butterflies:
- Wikihow.com - a detailed tutorial on creating beauty from a cocoon.
- Raisingbutterflies.org is an English-language blog from a man who has been raising butterflies for over 30 years.
16. Contemporary - self-expression through dance
balletka.by This dance direction, combining classical, jazz-modern and oriental art of movement (qigong, yoga and tai chi). There are no clear boundaries in it, the main thing is self-expression. Contemporary art teaches you to understand your body, control it and express your inner world through movements.
Level up at the same pace:
- "" - a site about the history, theory and practice of contempo. A lot of useful information about movements, methods and techniques.
- Contemporary-dance.org is a large English-language website about contemporary dance.
17. Dancehall - music and dance from the heart of Jamaica
gymbox.com This is a music and dance style that grew out of reggae. Dancehall dance is especially popular now. Its dynamics and emancipation captivate you from the first seconds. If you're tired of your routine, need a burst of energy and want to compete in dance battles, this is the hobby for you.
Get pumped up in dancehall:
- Dancehallreggae.com.au is an Australian website dedicated to Jamaican culture. There is a lot of music, videos and news from the world of reggae and dancehall.
- Dancedb.ru is a site where video lessons and information on various dance styles, including dancehall, are collected.
18. Zumba - dance fitness
premiumsport.rf Born at the intersection of hip-hop, salsa, samba, merengue, mambo, flamenco and belly dance. This trend was invented by Colombian Alberto Perez in the late 1990s. Involved in Zumba maximum amount muscles is not only a great pastime, but also effective method losing weight.
Pump up in Zumba:
- Zumba.com is the official website of the Zumba fitness brand.
- Zumba.pro - online poster of Zumba events. Here you will find like-minded people, information about parties and master classes.
19. Bookcarving - book carving
factinteres.ru Bookcarving is the creation of three-dimensional compositions from multi-page paper manuscripts. Carving translated from English means “carving”, book means “book”. Book carving is popular all over the world, but it requires patience, hard work and accuracy. This is a hobby for diligent people with artistic thinking. The greatest heights in this art were achieved by Brian Dettmer, Nicholas Galanin, Guy Laramie, Kylie Stillman and Robert Te.
Level up in bookcarving:
- Briandettmer.com - Brian Dettmer's official website with photographs of the magnificent master's works and videos of his performances.
- Artifex.ru - a selection of articles about book carving in this creative almanac.
20. Bookcrossing - book exchange
skr.su Bookcrossing can be called one of the ways of beautiful. The essence is this: a person who has read a book leaves it in some public place (library, cafe, bookstore, subway, and so on). A random passer-by picks it up, takes it for himself to read, and in return he “loses” another book somewhere. You can track the movement of books on the project website. Its mission is to popularize reading and careful attitude to nature.
Level up in bookcrossing:
- Bookcrossing.com is an international bookcrossing website.
- Ballycumber.ru is a Russian-language website in support of the international book exchange movement.
21. Postcrossing - a postcard from a stranger
primamedia.today Postcrossing is a global project, the essence of which is the exchange of paper postcards. The system gives you a random address, you send a postcard to the person, and then receive it from someone else (one of the schemes). As of 2017, over 676 thousand people from all over the world are registered on the official postcrossing website. People exchanged more than 40 million cards. Postcrossing is very popular in Russia and Belarus, because it is romantic and helps to find new friends.
Level up in postcrossing:
- Postcrossing.com is the official website of the project.
- Postcross.ru is a Russian-language portal for postcrossing enthusiasts.
22. Geocaching - treasure hunt
find-way.com.ua This is an international tourism game, the essence of which is to find “treasure”. Some players make caches, while others use GPS to search for them. Over its almost twenty-year history, the game has gained millions of fans. The advantage is that you can do this hobby not alone, but with the whole family or a group of friends.
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Do you want to feel like a brave Roman legionnaire or a Russian warrior fighting for the prince? Immerse yourself in amazing world historical reconstruction. It is both science and artistic creativity. Some restore ancient equipment and restore armor, others organize performances. To recreate everything reliably requires deep knowledge and patience. Historical reconstruction has many fans, clubs are created, and various festivals are held.
Level up in historical reconstructions:
- Rushistory.org is the official website of the Russian Historical Society, a portal for professionals and history buffs.
- Reconlog.ru - a catalog of historical reconstruction clubs, as well as events related to them.
25. Volunteering - free assistance
miloserdie.ru Volunteer activities are multifaceted. This is not only work in national parks and at sports and cultural events, but also, for example, helping orphans or homeless animals. You can choose the area of volunteering you like and every day through good deeds you can receive a portion of new knowledge, experience and love.
Level up your volunteering:
- "European Voluntary Service" is an international volunteer program.
- “Volunteersrossii.rf” is the main volunteer resource in Russia.
What are you interested in? Tell us about your unusual hobbies in the comments.
Throughout life, every person tries to find himself, his place in life and a hobby that would bring joy and pleasure. Most often, people find an outlet in drawing, singing, creating something with their own hands, but there are some unique people who come up with absolutely unthinkable and ridiculous entertainment, to which a common person It's unlikely that he'll think of it. Some of these unexpected entertainments even managed to bring eccentrics popularity, making them famous people. In the continuation of the article you will find 7 of the most strange hobbies in the world!
Filing claims in court
Court is something that many, at least sensible people, try to avoid, but not Jonathan Lee Riches, who entered the Guinness Book of Records as the most litigious person in the world. IN this moment he is serving time for fraud in a federal prison in Kentucky.
In pursuit of “legal masterpieces,” Riches has filed 2,600 lawsuits in various federal district courts from 2006 to the present day. The targets of his litigiousness included former US President George W. Bush, Somali pirates, the disappeared American labor leader Jimmy Hoffa, Holocaust survivors, the Roman Empire and even Buddhist monks. Jonathan Lee Riches has also sued various scientific ideas and inanimate objects, including the Lincoln Memorial, the Dark Ages and the Eiffel Tower.
Collecting ecstasy
In 2009, the police in the city of Irbeek (Netherlands) received a strange call: a 46-year-old man reported that an unknown person had stolen a collection of ecstasy from his home, which was stored in coin albums and numbered more than 2,400 tablets.
According to the victim, he himself never used drugs and was well aware that his unusual hobby was illegal. The man decided to report to the police for the simple reason that several dozen tablets in his stolen collection were poisonous.
Irbik authorities did not press charges against him due to a lack of direct evidence. The man said that he no longer hopes to see his amphetamine collection again.
Flying... without a plane
Have you ever jumped from a plane with a parachute? And without a plane in a wingsuit, soaring like a bird above the ground?
Wingsuits appeared in the early 1930s and were made of canvas and whale bone, which naturally had a negative impact on the duration, range and safety of the flight.
Modern wingsuits began to be developed in the mid-1990s. Thanks to their improved design, they allow the athlete to travel tens of kilometers through the air (the current record is just over 27 km) when falling from a height of 5,000 meters.
Purchasing a wingsuit in the United States, for example, is quite difficult, since the government of the country, as well as a number of manufacturers, require a person to have serious experience in this matter - at least 200 standard free fall jumps, completed no earlier than 18 months before submitting the request to buy a suit.
Extreme ironing
Ironing clothes is a rather boring and tedious task. What if you combine it with rock climbing, snowboarding and other extreme sports? “Nonsense,” you say. But no!
It all started in 1997, when a resident of the East Midlands (a region in England) named Phil Shaw was given a choice: stay at home and do his favorite thing - ironing - or go rock climbing with friends. Being a completely sensible person, Shaw decided to combine both, therefore, in addition to climbing equipment, he also took with him an ironing board and an iron. This is how a new hobby was born - extreme ironing, which in 15 years managed to conquer the whole world. Fans of the sport (if you can call it that) have ironed their shirts on kayaks, mountaintops, and even in the middle of busy highways.
Participation in artistic dog grooming competitions
People who take part in dog grooming competitions “abuse” the poor animals as much as they want. What can I say?! Judge for yourself:
News bombing
Some people make history, while others are constantly trying to “get noticed” in news reports, just at the moment when this story is being conveyed to the audience. These background characters are called “news bombers.”
The man who is captured in all the frames presented below is London resident Paul Yarrow. Over the course of several years, he managed to appear in many reports from such well-known television companies as the BBC, al Jazeera, Sky News and others.
Yarrow finds out about the places where the live broadcast will be broadcast, comes there, and while the correspondent talks on camera about the events that took place, he just stands in the background, not disturbing anyone.
Trainsurfing (travel outside trains)
Trainsurfing originated in Germany in the 1980s and from there spread throughout the globe. Its essence is to find a train - the faster the better - jump on it and, probably, die after that. What other consequences can we expect from such a dangerous undertaking?
In 2008, more than 40 people, mostly young, died from train jumping in Germany.
Not used to being like everyone else and doing what others do? Find an extraordinary hobby for yourself that arouses the interest and delight of others.
We never tire of repeating that the world of women’s hobbies has no boundaries, along with traditional types handicrafts and usual ladies' activities, new and unusual hobbies exist peacefully, which not only attract attention, but also surprise sophisticated people. Do you want to stand out from the crowd and be among extraordinary people? Choose a hobby that is different from the mass ones and familiar to the majority. And we will be happy to help you with this!
A fresh look at creativity
Considering the most unusual hobbies and interests creative people, you can’t help but pay attention to the carving on the shell chicken egg. Finished works They look like the crafts of jewelry craftsmen, but only a real jeweler with patience, talent and accuracy can make such beauty.
On vegetables is one of the things that attracts not only women, but also the male half of humanity. Having mastered this unusual skill, you will learn to create masterpieces from common products: melon, pumpkin, cucumbers, carrots.
British artist Ian Berry came up with a new unusual hobby - creating paintings from denim. In his paintings you can only see shades of blue, but the result evokes delight and admiration.
Creative people who don’t like to spend a lot of money on their hobbies use junk materials as a basis, thereby saving environment from garbage. To create masterpieces, they use plastic bottles, toilet paper, burnt, old tires. Crafts made from rags for washing the floor and cleaning, nylon socks and outdated jeans evoke genuine delight.
If you like coffee, then find yourself an unusual hobby in this direction. The drawings on the surface of milk foam have their own name - latte art and unite hundreds of thousands of fans around the world.
Kirigami has a lot in common with, but this type of creativity uses scissors, resulting in very beautiful volumetric crafts from paper in which it is difficult to recognize the source material.
Kinusaiga is another ancient hobby that has received new life. This handicraft originated in Japan - Japanese women never threw away old kimonos, but made patchwork pictures out of them, filling the slots in the wooden bases with pieces of fabric. Nowadays, any fabrics are used for these purposes, as well as scraps from old thin things, for example, summer dresses, silk blouses, scarves.
New facets of painting
Not everyone is gifted with painting with a brush and paints, but you still won’t see anyone doing this activity. - an unusual hobby of people who are passionate about drawing on water. At first glance, this seems like a miracle - the artist paints a picture on a water surface, and then instantly transfers it to a sheet of paper. In fact, there is nothing complicated here, so everyone can master the skill.
Very unusual drawings can be obtained using leaves - this type of painting does not require the artist’s natural gift. The leaves are covered with paints and then applied to paper. Eventually - interesting process and a very beautiful result.
- another unusual type of drawing in which wax is used as ink, and a heated iron plays the role of a brush. It would seem - what might come out of it? And the result is masterpieces that can easily qualify for exhibits at an exhibition of avant-garde artists.
Freezelight is a very interesting type of art in which images are obtained using a flashlight, which acts as a light brush, and a digital camera. The movements of the flashlight are photographed in night mode with maximum shutter speed. The most effective designs can be obtained using multi-colored lanterns. You need to do light graphics in twilight, and direct the light towards the lens.
If you can handle a hammer, try creating nail art. Briton Marcus Levin has been doing this for a long time, and exhibitions with his work attract crowds of people wanting to look at the result of an unusual hobby.
Street art is another one unusual drawing, in which nails are used, but here the nails are connected to each other with threads, resulting in a very impressive panel. With the help of multi-colored threads it is easy to create a cheerful picture for a great mood.
Available paper is used for different types creativity, but not everyone is familiar with a rather unusual hobby; these are drawings with paper bends. All you need for classes is Blank sheet and unlimited flights of fancy. Try it, in the worst case, you will only ruin a piece of paper.
The same technology is used to create paintings from fabric, making folds and fixing them in the desired position using an iron.
Extraordinary hobbies for needlewomen
Needlewomen also do not want to remain at the achieved level. Of course, hobbies such as crocheting and cross stitch will remain forever, but craftswomen do not stand still and come up with more and more exciting activities.
Lovers of embroidery are no longer content with floral motifs, but create photographic portraits using thread and needle, using photographs as a basis. Today, embroiderers are not limited to fabrics; they create masterpieces on very unusual bases. A striking example extraordinary hobby – embroidery on eggshells. They embroider on empty eggs with ribbons, beads, cross stitch and satin stitch.
Fashionable knitters do not knit socks and scarves, but go out onto the city streets and tie trees, sculptures, fences, benches, bridges, cars, bicycles, trash cans. This movement is called street graffiti.
Zardozi, the oldest Indian handicraft, today can be considered an unusual hobby for women. Initially, paintings using this technique were created from gold jewelry and precious stones, but today it is acceptable to use artificial stones and jewelry as a basis.
– is not yet a very popular hobby that is gaining momentum. In fact, it originated in the Middle Ages, but was undeservedly forgotten. Having mastered this art, you will learn how to create very beautiful crafts from tracing paper, reminiscent of elegant airy lace.
Limitless possibilities for extreme sports enthusiasts
Our review ends with the most unusual hobbies for extreme people who always need a new dose of adrenaline. It is important to understand that all extreme hobbies require lengthy preparation and pose a danger to health and life.
Flying in a wind tunnel allows you to experience the sensations of free fall relatively safely. The human body is held on the surface due to the powerful air flow. This amazing attraction gives you the opportunity to feel like a bird and remember your childhood dreams, during which you could fly above the ground.
Rafting is another extreme sport, during which participants float on special rafts along fast mountain rivers, receiving the maximum portion of unforgettable pleasure.
Jailoo tourism is an interesting and unusual hobby in the world, the essence of which is the complete isolation of a person from civilization. Living in primitive conditions without technology and fashionable entertainment, you can completely reconsider your lifestyle, improve your health on natural products and experience all the difficulties and delights of ancient man.
This activity cannot be called rest, because survival will require considerable effort and hard work. physical labor. For unprepared people, short-term tourist excursions into the past are organized for informational purposes.
Among hundreds of interesting activities, it is difficult to single out the most unusual hobbies in the world, because everyone looks at their own and other people’s hobbies differently, and what seems familiar to one, is seen as a miracle by another. Take a look at ours to find a hobby you like. Visit our website often and join us in in social networks, because the list is constantly updated with new interesting activities!
Must have a hobby. Simply because it is much better than hanging aimlessly on the Internet or in front of a TV screen.
Some people like to read books, others cross-stitch, and my neighbor changes her dog’s hairstyle almost every month. This is also a kind of addiction. But people have such interests that you’ll be amazed. Well, that’s their worldview.
The most unusual hobbies in the world
If you don’t yet have a favorite hobby, I advise you to take a closer look at the ones listed below, and suddenly something will interest you. And soon you will become a famous master.
Strange haircuts on cats and dogs
It turns out that this is the most amazing hobby in the world, or almost the most amazing one.
There are even such competitions. I wonder how the animals themselves feel about everything that is happening?
If you decide to cut your cat's hair for the summer, maybe you should think about it, does he need it?
Amazing masterpieces and sculptural compositions from pencils
This was first invented by Dalton Getty. And currently, a famous sculptor of pencil figures is Jennifer Maestre. The peculiar vision of starfish and urchins became her inspiration.
There are eccentrics who love to draw abstractions and simply beautiful pictures on the sand.
This is understandable about sand castles, but what a pity to say goodbye to such beautiful paintings, depicted on the yarn.
Their lifespan is until high tide. Beauty is so short-lived. I offer in next vacation experiment.
Quilling
Try making unusual, even futuristic figures from twisted strips of paper.
Even Queen Elizabeth enjoys this in her spare time. Some of her work can be seen in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
An interesting feature of this hobby is that masterpieces created using this technique can be used in everyday life, as all kinds of stands and decorative elements. The service life is very long. Shapes and colors remain colorful and durable for a long time.
Many people love to embroider with beads, and weaving entire houses with furniture and accessories or vases with flowers from colorful colored beads is already for fans of this hobby.
Sculptor Lisa Lowe makes masterpiece installations from beads. The most famous is the “Kitchen”; all the items are unique in themselves. She spent almost 5 years and 30,000,000 beads on weaving!
Cutting figures from soap
Some people love to make soap, while others love to cut amazing figures out of it.
Very beautiful and most importantly, the good thing is that you choose this favorite hobby everyone can. Even if it doesn’t turn out beautifully the first time, all the waste will be used. Interesting to try.
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How do we find our life's work? Not the demanding job that our parents prepared us for or that we took out of necessity. And that very thing – ours and no one else’s – that makes us happy? What fills our lives with color and joy so much that we begin – through the creations of our own hands – to bring these feelings into the lives of others?
For some it is - national tradition, which obliges men to wield a brush as skillfully as a sword. Someone, with a hammer and nails in their hands, suddenly discovers a creative streak in themselves. And someone, having tried a thousand things in his life, suddenly by chance, perhaps in a dream, sees his future products and the craft that he has to master. We can remember many stories about how people discovered amazing talents in themselves. But we will tell you only about a few and, perhaps, they will help you come to your big and real passion.
Wire sculptures
Sculptor and artist Derek Kinzett became famous thanks to his unusual hobby. He creates sculptures from steel wire that from a distance resemble stone statues. It takes him about 60 hours of work to weave one product. And if the sculpture contains many details, then this time doubles.
Derek says that his childhood memories prompted him to this type of activity: as a child he loved to visit Dodington Park, filled with statues.
The art of real men
It's hard to believe looking at the tender and unusual paintings of plants that oshibana is the oldest japanese art samurai Mastering it was considered as important as wielding a sword or the art of calligraphy.
Today, you probably won’t find a man “painting” with dried flowers. And among women there are not many craftswomen who skillfully use these colors of nature. Despite its apparent simplicity, it is not so easy to convey, for example, the quiet ripple of a lake or the cold freshness of mountains using dried plants. And knowledge about the plant world will be very useful here. For example, florist artist Tatyana Berdnik from Kyiv uses more than a thousand species of plants in her works.
What is attractive about this art is that everything necessary for creativity - flowers, leaves and seeds - can be found in the field and forest. And if you decide to take up this type of painting, then remember that natural colors are more stable in young plants. Drying flowers quickly will help preserve color.
Polymer clay
Do you know what makes this material attractive, unlike real clay? And the fact that to work with it you don’t need any potter's wheel, no “cool” kiln - a regular oven is enough. But what you can’t do without here is skill. This is, of course, if you don’t want to sculpt things for your own pleasure, but create real masterpieces.
It’s hard to believe that this is a real lizard with eyes that look straight at you, a snake frozen on a branch with berries, as if it had just been lifted from the ground autumn leaves or these berries themselves, sprinkled with snow, were only quite recently a colorful plastic mass. And also the fact that the master who created them - Irina Rereshechka from Dnepropetrovsk - learned everything herself, without “material parts” and master classes. She notes that all her future creations themselves, in an instant and in the smallest detail, appear in her head, all that remains is to realize them.
By the way, the formula for the unusual “plasticine” was developed by Fifi Rebinder from Germany in the early 1930s. Working with this material is convenient and simple; it allows you to convey the finest sculptural details and imitate various textures and materials. And thanks to the availability of polymer clay, products made from it - jewelry, dolls, interior items and souvenirs - have become a source of income for many people.
It will also be useful to know that there are several types of this plastic material: harder and softer, with a glossy or matte surface after polymerization, self-hardening or requiring baking. Each master chooses “for himself” - what he likes best and what is more convenient to work with.
Paintings made from nails
Briton Marcus Levin creates his own amazing paintings from nails. In the strong and dexterous hands of a master, nails turn into real works of art. Many of them are displayed in galleries and private collections. Created by Marcus in 2005 artistic direction It even got its own name – Nail sculpture.
Depending on the plot, the number of nails varies from 15 to 52 thousand, and the picture can be “painted” from three days to two months. It is noteworthy that Marcus creates without preliminary sketches or sketches.
Unusual photos
If you love photography, you should try yourself in another unusual form of creativity. Freezelight is the name given to photographing objects and abstractions drawn with light: lighters, night lights, laser pointers, candles, flashlights, etc. The essence of the process is simple: a tripod with a camera is installed in a dark room, which records the movements of a person “drawing” with light. What else you will need is equipment with the ability to shoot at night, the ability to control the aperture and, of course, a remarkable imagination.
And if working in the dark is not your thing, borrow the idea of Mehmet Ozgur, an engineer by training and an artist by vocation. This American takes pictures of smoke and then edits them in Photoshop. It is unlikely that anyone will remain indifferent when looking at these mysterious, tender and full deep meaning works.
Paper art
IN in capable hands even ordinary paper can become a masterpiece. This was proven by the Danish artist and designer Peter Callesen. Each of his paintings tells its own story – touching, tragic or philosophical.
The master creates using the paper art technique: he cuts out and sculpts three-dimensional figures and characters from paper.
The process of materializing a three-dimensional object from a flat sheet seems magical. What makes the process especially mysterious is the fact that the figures remain tied to their source.
On the point of a pencil
The skills of working with wood came in handy for the American carpenter Dalton Getty, who once decided to carve miniature sculptures from slates simple pencils. He has been engaged in his unusual hobby for more than 25 years. And for work he uses only three tools - a blade, a knife and a sewing needle. And no magnifying glass!
The longest of his works, a chain with a pencil, took two and a half years to create. And it happens that sculptures, on which many days and months have been spent, break. The most annoying thing, Dalton notes, is if this happens at the end of work. Indeed, this activity is not for the impatient!
Dog grooming
Hairdressing is a seemingly ordinary profession. With one exception - if it is not a pet groomer. And not just a hairdresser, but a hairdresser-artist! Many will consider this activity a mockery of our smaller brothers. But in China, such “tuning” of animals is quite common and, therefore, a profitable business.
Feathers and birds
But Chris Maynard does not deprive animals of hair, but does quite the opposite - he turns feathers lost by birds back into birds.
The artist works with instruments that are used in eye microsurgery: scalpels, scissors, clamps, tweezers. With their help, he painstakingly carves figures and entire flocks of birds.
Houses in miniature
Do you remember how in childhood or youth we glued houses and figures from matches? Former surgeon Rob Hurd uses more substantial material - cut down or dried trees. From them he carves houses, dachas, cottages, or rather, models of them. The American took up this original hobby because of tragic events: after the accident, he was no longer able to operate.
Culinary masterpieces
Surely, every housewife has tried her hand at working with dough. Fragrant bread, delicious pies and dumplings, of course, also require certain skills. But only true craftswomen can make baking and confectionery business profitable.
Another popular newfangled hobby that has captured the souls and time of many representatives not only of the fair sex is the creation of delicious and unusual, sometimes completely different from baked goods, cakes and pastries. Many of these masterpieces culinary arts– the best place is in museums, it’s such a pity to eat them.
By the way, some of the craftswomen did not even graduate from culinary colleges. So go ahead, get inspired and search! And it will help you start working with the test. Do you want to try yourself with textiles? You will need this master class. And in you will find an ocean of ideas for creativity.