Sexy Cosplay Women

Chicks in all types of tight and crazy costumes

Dangerous Woman

Undie Run 2008

Silent Reflections

Beautiful Photoshopped Women's

Working Girls

Women Wrestling In The Mud

MMA Ring Girl-o-Rama

When most people think of the MMA they think of cage matches, blood, grappling and big burly dudes pummeling each other in the face. But beyond all the violence and gore is a sexy silver lining - MMA ring girls! Not only do they let you know what round it is, in the hottest way possible, these bodacious babes are so viciously sexy, it almost hurts to look at them. Maybe not knee-to-the-face hurt, but they’ll definitely get your attention, that’s all we’re sayin’.

Vintage Ads

Always interesting to see how people used to do things in the past. Here is a nice collection of ads in the olden days advertising various products. The women actually wore clothes!

Hot women with guitars

Carrie Brownstein "Though she played in early-'90s riot grrrl band Excuse 17, the 33-year-old's most famous work came in the form of her tireless riffing for Portland's Sleater-Kinney from 1994 to 2006."


Kat Bjelland "Babes in Toyland -- featuring Kat Bjelland on lead vocals and guitar, Lori Barbero on drums, and Michelle Leon on bass -- formed in Minneapolis in the late '80s and eventually released the last of their five albums in 1995."


Carol Kaye "Carol Kaye is a Los Angeles-based background guitar and bass musician who has performed on hit records for Phil Spector, David Axelrod, and Brian Wilson throughout the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. Along with playing guitar on Ritchi Valens' "La Bamba," Kaye is also credited with supporting the classic Beach Boys album Pet Sounds."


Ani Difranco "Born in Buffalo, New York in 1970, Ani DiFranco started playing guitar at age 9. With a little bit of money, DiFranco released her first album in 1990 on her own label, Righteous Babe Records."


Memphis Minnie "In the 1930s, Minnie moved to Chicago where she became a staple on the blues scene. During a time when most females of the genre were solely vocalists, Minnie was known and respected as a singer and guitarist."


Bonnie Raitt "Opening for blues greats like John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters, Raitt honed her craft, mastering the slide guitar. The style, also known as bottleneck, uses a slide to alter the pitch of the instrument instead of pressing against frets."


Lita Ford "The London-born, U.S.-raised legend found stardom in the form of an all-girl group in 1976. At age 17, Ford became a lead guitarist for the Runaways."


Peggy "Lady Bo" Jones "When Peggy Jones played guitar alongside rhythm & blues legend Bo Diddley in the '50s and '60s, she dropped audiences' jaws as she kept pace with the master and held her own. As one of the first female guitarists to be taken seriously by major labels, Jones altered the shape of the male-dominated music industry for good."


Joni Mitchell "Mitchell's guitar work is some of the most inventive in popular music history. She is famous for tuning her guitar in dozens of ways (more than 75, at last count) to achieve chords that would be otherwise impossible."



Nancy Wilson "Nancy Wilson, most famous for her guitar prowess in the band Heart, started playing at age 8. ... In the same way that her sister Ann Wilson was born to sing, Nancy Wilson says she's definitely a born guitar player."

World's Weirdest Beauty Contests

Miss Outdoor Life During the talent portion of this Maryland pageant, contestants skin muskrats. On a sliding hotness scale, that ranks somewhere between cellulite and varicose veins.


Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant She might look like a horrifying battle ax to you, but all the guys at the Star Trek convention were asking for her number.


Miss Gothic You won't find a spray tan or an evening dress that isn't black at this gloomy beauty contest.


Miss Hooker Miss Hooker competitors aren't actually working girls. Instead, they are sending up typical beauty contest mores by dressing slutty, displaying off-beat talents -- such as frying an egg while stripping -- and competing under names like Ms. Squirt and Ms. One Dolla No Holla.


Miss Plastic Surgery This started after a woman was kicked out of Miss Beijing for having had plastic surgery. Now, contestants in the Chinese pageant need a note from their doctor confirming that they have had alterations. We heard last year's winner was Kenny Rogers.


Miss Pregnant We're guessing if any of these lovelies end up pumping out a girl, the poor thing will be on the creepy child beauty pageant circuit the day she is able to stand upright.


Miss Subway Between 1941 and 1976, Miss Subway was a New York City mass transit staple, with commuters voting on a group of contenders whose posters and biographies were placed inside subway cars. It was brought back in 2004, but then discontinued after becoming infested by rats.


Miss Transsexual International Not only does the winner get a crown and a cash prize, but she walks away with confirmation that she could probably pull a crying game on most of the male populace.


Miss Downhome Winning this Canadian beauty contest requires more than just gracefully displaying a large fish while wearing a bikini. Competitors are also tested on their ability to bait a hook and dance a jig to a live fiddler while holding an open, full bottle of beer in each hand.


International Bottom Championship First place gets $10,000, an underwear modeling contract and, curiously, an insurance policy on her winning asset. Of course, this ensures financial security if the winning backside happens to fall victim to a disfiguring bidet accident.


Zombie Beauty Contest In this celebration of the undead at Phoenix ComiCon, the most ghoulish, and likely to eat brain is crowned queen.



Miss Congeniality The Buen Pastor prison in Bogota, Colombia holds an annual beauty pageant for its inmates. The winner receives new clothes and a crown, but no time off for pageant mastery.

Top 23 Sexiest Hollywood Jews

ELIZABETH BANKS


AMANDA BYNES


BETH OSTROSKY
CINDY MARGOLIS
JAMIE LYNN SIGLER
JENNIFER CONNELLY


KATIE PRICE
MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG

PATRICIA ARQUETTE


SARA PAXTON


SARAH MICHELLE GELLER
SARAH SILVERMAN
SELMA BLAIR
NATALIE PORTMAN
ISLA FISHER


BROOKE BURKE


KATE HUDSON


MILA KUNIS


NIKKI ZIERING


RACHEL BISON
EMMANUELLE CHRIQUI


SCARLETT JOHANSSON
BAR RAFELI

Creative Advertising

Weirdest Sexy Calendars

The photos of bikini-clad babes fishing for bass are sure to "have you hooked," according to the Web site. 


The controversial European airline Ryanair came out with a sexy charity calendar featuring their cabin crew. 


We're not sure we know exactly what curling is, but we applaud the sport's female participants for their upcoming nude calendar. 


The Leicestershire-based freight network, Pall-Ex, gained an edge on shipping companies we've actually heard of when 12 female employees stripped for a charity calendar.


Well, it's no beauty and the bass, but ...


A group of U.K. ambulance workers caused controversy with their "Bare in the Air" calendar.


And, for the hunters, there's "Guns and Camo."


Cisa, a funeral home and coffin factory based in Rome, Italy puts out this Sexy Coffins Calendar. 


People in the U.K. seriously love to take their clothes off -- sexy farmers, anyone?


The Naked Clown calendar helps benefit Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research and advocacy, while also keeping us up nights.


In this 2008 calendar, a  firestarter ignites her surroundings, super girl undresses after a hard day's night of battling bad guys and a katana-wielding vixen fights ninjas in just a headband. Yes, please. 


The Ladies of Greenspring Retirement Community in the U.K. to raise money for their cash-strapped fellow residents. The oldest model was 92. 


The sexy female IT worker calendar is intended to both smash stereotypes and raise money for charity.


These Spanish moms went into debt after posing nude for a calendar to raise money for their children's rural school.

The Stone Nudes calendar is intended to capture the beauty and essence of the sport of rock climbing. 

Hot Cartoons and the Women Who Could Play Them

For one moment, let's try to forget live-action cinematic disasters like "Catwoman," "Josie and the Pussycats" and "Elektra," and consider what gorgeous entertainers could play our favorite comic and animated characters. 

Not only do you get to match up similar features, but you can also ponder what the ladies would look like in the skimpy garb flaunted by their imaginary doubles.

So in the great tradition of geek discourse, we've compiled a handful of hot cartoons and the women who could play them

Cheetara / Uma Thurman

Ariel / Lindsay Lohan
Betty Boop / Christina Aguilera
Valerie Brown of Josie and the Pussycats / Rihanna
Snow White / Rachel McAdams
Tinker Bell / Hillary Duff
Wonder Woman / Catherine Zeta-Jones
She-Ra / Jessica Biel
Belle / Emmy Rossum
Smurfette / Hayden Panettiere
Betty Rubble / Jessica Alba
Judy Jetson / Elisha Cuthbert
Jasmine / Kim Kardashian
Jem / Ali Larter
Hello Nurse / Jessica Simpson
Pocahontas / Megan Fox
Jessica Rabbit / Scarlett Johansson

2008 Pictures by Spiegel Magazine

Spiegel is a popular German magazine that has recently published a set of photos representing the best of 2008.

15 Big Beautiful Plus-Size Models

When you think of a model, you probably picture a twiggy, alien-like creature who subsists mainly on a diet of nicotine and diet cola. But we appreciate the female form in its many different shapes and sizes, from trim to voluptuous. So we decided to lavish some attention on the unsung sister to the runway waif, the plus-size model. 

The full-figured females in the gallery below aren't all as famous as the Kate Mosses of the world, but they do have one thing in common: They get our blood pumping with their dangerous curves.

 Barbara Brickner is one of the biggest names in plus-size modeling, with a 10+ year career that's as healthy as her physique. 

 Ireland's Charlotte Coyle models for goth-y plus-size mainstay Torrid, and hosted a U.K. reality show in 2006 called Fat Beauty Contest. 


Brazilian Fluvia Lucerda shows that her country has the stronghold on hot models of all sizes. 


Johanna Dray of France busted into notoriously thin high fashion by appearing in John Galliano's "Everybody is Beautiful" show and subsequent French Vogue editorial.


Up-and-comer Justine Legault hails from Canada, where they apparently loll about the bedroom without any clothing.


You only need one name when you're as stunning as Canadian model Liis. 


Once anorexic, Crystal Renn scored layouts in Vogue's U.S., Italian, French and German editions after going plus-size. The smoking Renn has even been on "Oprah," where she discussed body issues.


Natalie Laughlin was the first plus-size model to be on a billboard in Times Square -- she consequently earned four more.



Christina Schmidt played a plus-size model on "Degrassi: The Next Generation." Fans liked her so much she was signed by Wilhelmina.  


21-year-old Whitney Thompson.


 Kate Dillon began her career as a size six, but rose to fame as a plus-size model who frequently appears in her underwear. 


Celebuspawn Mia Tyler started modeling at the age of 17, before stooping to reality fare on "Celebrity Fit Club."


 Sophie Dahl, the granddaughter of chldren's book author Roald Dahl has since slimmed down, but she was discovered as a model at her most voluptuous, including a 38DD bra size. 


When she wasn't being a total nutjob, Anna Nicole Smith managed to look beautiful at any size, just like her inspiration, Marilyn Monroe. 



Another "Top Model" contestant, plus-size Tocarra Jones has followed up her reality stint with a series of lad mag photo spreads so titillating they earned her the number one spot.

Hot Women In Black And White

Google Honorary Logos

Google is probably one of the most dominant forces in our modern day world. If they used their logo to represent you, you must be surely be someone quite remarkable. Here are some of the famous people in history that Google’s logo have been used as a means of honoring them.

Alexander Graham Bell

Scientist and inventor, most famous for telephone invention.


Marc Chagall
(1887 - 1985) Russian Jewish modernist artist. He was a pioneer of modernism and one of the most successful artists of the twentieth century.


René Magritte
(1898 - 1967) Belgian surrealist artist, famous for his often witty and amusing images.


Diego Velázquez
Spanish painter and portrait artist


Walter Gropius
German architect, pioneer of modern architecture and founder of Bauhaus


Luciano Pavarotti
Italian tenor opera singer, one of the famous ‘Three Tenors’.


Yuri Gagarin
Soviet cosmonaut, first man in space and to orbit the Earth.


Edvard Munch
Norwegian symbolist painter, most famous for his painting ‘Scream’.


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
British author and inventor of Sherlock Holmes.


Percival Lowell
American astronomer famous for his study on Mars and founder of the Lowell Observatory, which discovered Pluto subsequently.


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Australian musician and classical composer.


Martin Luther King Jr.
African American minister known for his work to liberate racial discrimination and won him the Nobel Peace Prize.


Louis Braille
Inventor of braille, a system of reading and writing for the visually impaired.


Frank Lloyd Wright
American architect and interior designer and recognized as the ‘greatest American architect of all time’ by the American Institute of Architecture.


Leonardo da Vinci
Italian scientist, engineer and inventor but most famously known as a painter, and his works includes the Mona Lisa.



Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch artist and pioneer of expressionism.


Ray Charles
American soul singer and pianist, who is also blind. Considered as one of the greatest singers of all time by some.


Gaston Julia
French mathematician who created the formula for the Julia set (stuff related to fractals, whatever that is).



Alfred Hitchcock
British film director and producer, one of the pioneers of movie suspense and psychological thriller genres.



M. C. Escher
Dutch graphic artist.

Albert Einstein
German theoretical physicist, best known for his theory of relativity and winner of the Nobel Prize.

Michelangelo
Italian painter, sculptor, architect and engineer.


Pablo Picasso
Spanish-Andalusian painter and sculptor.

Andy Warhol
American artist and illustrator, famous in the pop art movement.


Piet Mondrian
Dutch painter and significant contributor to the abstract movement.

Why We Should Support Israel

If not for the war, how about for some of these hot soldier chicks?

The Wonderful World of Early Photography

If we take a look at the state of photography today, such as the advances of digital camera, artful image manipulation by photoshop, and even the role of paparazzi in media - and the pervasiveness of photographic images in our lives, it is easy to forget that the first photograph ever was taken just 180 years ago.

Photography was probably an inevitable invention - the surprise was that it took so long for it to develop, especially given that the scientific principles that are responsible for it - physical principles such as our understanding of lens and optics and chemical processes that are required to affix permanent images, have actually been known for long before the invention of the first photograph.

The development of photography was quite fast: since Niépce took the world’s first photograph in 1826, it took only about 30 years for photograph became a product for mass consumption with the introduction of carte-de-visite. Before long, the world’s first concealed cameras were introduced to help detectives document the dalliances of cheating spouses!

But enough small talk - let’s take a look at some fun facts about the development of early photography, famous and "first" photos, weird cameras, and more:

Camera Obscura

Before we talk about the birth of modern photography, let’s talk a little about an ancient technique that served as a precursor - say, "proto-photography" if you will. 

This device is called a camera obscura (latin for dark chamber). It is literally a dark room or a box with a small hole in one wall. An inverted image from outside the hole would appear on the opposite wall. This device could thus be used to aid drawing (artist could trace the outline of the image on a canvas hung on the wall) and was considered quite significant in the development of proto-photography.

The invention of camera obscura (latin for dark chamber) was attributed to an islamic mathematician, astronomer, and physicist named Ibn al-Haitham or better known as Alhazen, in the 11th century Egypt. However, the principle of camera obscura was probably known to thinkers as early as Aristotle (300 BC).

Camera obscura was widely known to early scientists: Roger Bacon, Leonardo da Vinci, Johannes Kepler, and Athanasius Kircher  all wrote about this optical device.

Giphantie: Prediction of the Invention of Photography

In 1760, decades before the invention of photography, French author Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche predicted its invention.

In a story titled Giphantie (yes, an anagram of his name), Tiphaigne de la Roche wrote about a race of secret supermen in an imaginary wonderland who could fix a reflected image onto a canvas coated with a sticky substance!



World’s First Photograph

The grainy picture above is the world’s first photograph called "View from the Window at Le Gras" (circa 1826), taken and developed by French photographer pioneer Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. He called this process "heliography" or sun drawing - it certainly was a long process: the exposure time was about 8 hours.

World’s First Daguerreotype

Although daguerreotype  was not the first photographic process to be invented, it was the first commercially viable process (earlier techniques required hours and hours of successful exposure and therefore weren’t suitable for taking people’s photos).
This technique was developed by French chemist Louis Daguerre , with collaboration with Niépce (see above). The daguerreotype above, titled "L’Atelier de l’artiste" was probably the world’s first daguerreotype, made in 1837.

In 1839, the French government acquired Daguerre’s French patent and announced his invention "a gift free to the world" - but simultaneously, Daguerre had acquired patents abroad, where he stringently controlled the use of daguerreotype.

And just like with any technology, the first adopters turned out to be erotic photography [

Posing for a daguerreotype wasn’t trivial: because the exposure time is about 15 minutes, the subject’s head had to be held still with a clamp!


World’s First Human Portrait

In 1839, Robert Cornelius, a Dutch chemist who immigrated to Philadelphia, took a daguerreotype portrait of himself outside of his family’s store and made history: he made the world’s first human photograph!

You’re looking at Dorothy Catherine Draper, sister of NYU professor John Draper and model for the first daguerreotype portrait of a woman in the United States in 1839. She was the first woman to be photographed with her eyes open!

The earliest American attempts in duplicating the photographic experiments of the Frenchman Louis Daguerre occurred at NYU in 1839. John W. Draper, professor of chemistry, built his own camera and made what may be the first human portrait taken in the United States, after a 65-second exposure. The sitter, his sister Dorothy Catherine Draper, had her face powdered with flour in an early attempt to accentuate contrasts.

The Man Who Coined "Photography"

Also in 1839, the term "photography" was coined by Sir John Frederick William Herschel [wiki], a british mathematician and astronomer (side note: his father, Sir Frederick William Herschel, also a famous astronomer, discovered the planet Uranus!)

Herschel also coined the terms "negative" and "positive" in the context of photography, and also of the vernacular "snapshot."

Stereoscopy

The principle of stereoscopy (or 3D photo) actually preceded that of photography - it was described in as early as the 1500s by Giambattista della Porta [wiki].

In traditional stereoscopy [wiki], a pair of 2-D images - each representing a slightly different perspective of the same object, creates a perception of depth and tricks the brain into seeing a 3-D image.

The invention of daguerreotype sparked interest in stereoscopy in the Victorian era.

World’s First Photomontage

In 1858, Henry Peach Robinson [wiki] made the world’s first photomontage by combining multiple negatives to form a single image. 

Robinson’s first and most famous composite photo, called "Fading Away", was a composition of five negatives. It depicted a girl dying of consumption (or tuberculosis), and quite controversial as some objected to the morbid subject of the photo.

World’s Oldest Surviving Aerial Photo

The first aerial photo was taken by Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, better known as Nadar [wiki], in 1858, using a tethered balloon over the Bievre Valley, France.

Unfortunately, Nadar’s aerial photos were lost - so the oldest surviving aerial photo, shown here, was that of Boston in 1860, taken by James Wallace Black [wiki], also using a balloon.

Carte-de-visite

In the late-1850s in Europe, Andre Disdéri popularized photos-as-calling-cards called carte-de-visite.

Carte-de-visite became popular and Disdéri became famous when French ruler Emperor Napoleon III en route to Italy with his army, stopped by his studio to pose for a photograph! (Never mind that the story might be apocryphal, it was still a good story!)

Because it is cheap to produce, carte-de-visite was mass produced for the public and became a huge fad in the Victorian era.

This carte-de-visite is of an interesting character called Eugen Sandow, dubbed the first modern bodybuilder who gained fame in late 1800s.

Do All of a Galloping Horse’s Hooves Leave the Ground?

In 1872, Eadweard Muybridge, a British-born photographer, was hired by Leland Stanford (who later founded the university), to settle a question (some people say a $25,000 bet) whether there was a point in a horse’s full gallop where all four hooves were off the ground.

Muybridge arranged 12 cameras alongside a race track and attached a string to the camera switches across the track. When the horse ran through the string, it triggered the shot. The series of photographs showed that indeed, all four hooves leave the ground when the horse is in full gallop.

Muybridge went on to develop systems and techniques to photograph motion of people and animal.

 

World’s First Color Photograph

The oldest known color photograph was taken by Louis Ducos du Hauron in 1872. The photo is of a view of Angouleme in Southern France.

The Birth of Photojournalism

Amongst many pioneering photographers of the era is John Thomson [wiki], a Scottish Victorian photographer and traveler, whose work documenting the street people in London laid the foundation of social documentary and photojournalism.

This photo is called The Crawlers (cir. 1876 - 1877), a part of Thomson’s work called Street Life of London, which documents in earnest the hardship of life of the transients and the poor in that era. 

Photographic Gun

In the 1880s, French scientist Étienne-Jules Marey wanted to learn how birds fly, so he invented a photographic gun, which uses a rotating glass plate to take 12 consecutive pictures per second!

Vintage Concealed and Gun Cameras

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, we saw a boom in the design and production of cameras concealed in everyday objects. Many of these cameras were sold for detective works, whereas some (like the matchbox camera) were designed specifically for spying activities.

World’s First Underwater Photo

The first underwater camera system was developed by French scientist Louis Boutan in 1893.

The image on the left was the world’s first underwater photography - the model was so excited that he held the identification plate upside down!



Mammoth Camera

In 1900, George R. Lawrence built this mammoth 900 lb. camera, then the world’s largest, for $5,000 (enough to purchase a large house at that time!) It took 15 men to move and operate the gigantic camera.

The photographer was commissioned by the Chicago & Alton Railway to make the largest photograph (the plate was 8 x 4.5 ft in size!) of its train for the company’s pamphlet "The Largest Photograph in the World of the Handsomest Train in the World."



World’s Most Expensive Photo

You’re looking at Edward Steichen’s photo of a pond in Long Island, New York, in 1904. Don’t laugh: this rare print has set the world record for most expensive photograph, sold for $2.9 million in February 2006!

Thousands Posed for Mole and Thomas’ War Photos

In 1918, photographers Arthur S. Mole and John D. Thomas took a photograph of 30,000 military officers and men at Camp Custer, Michigan. A special 70-foot tower was built for this purpose.

Mole and Thomas actually specialized in taking these types of photographs - they took a total of 10 photos where thousands of soldiers were posed to form giant, living, symbols of the USA, including a portrait of Woodrow Wilson, the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, the Marine Corps emblem, and more.

Watch the Birdie!

In the 1920s, a brass birdie was often used by photographers to grab the attention of children during a portrait session (hence the saying "Watch the birdie"):

The birdie would typically be held by an assistant or parent. A rubber hose and squeeze bulb were connected to the short length of open brass tubing. The brass base separates into two halves so the bottom of the base can be filled with water. Squeezing the rubber bulb causes the bird to make a whistling and warbling sound.

WWE Divas Bedroom Fun

I think these chicks in WWE are given less attention than they deserve. Check some of them out here having fun with each other in the bedroom wearing real ‘fun’ clothes!

The Hottest Women in the History of Art

Fine art is all about the appreciation of aesthetic beauty, whether that's a stirring landscape or a curious abstract. But you know how it is -- sometimes you go to the zoo to see the monkeys doin' it, and sometimes you go to the museum to see a bit of masterfully rendered T&A. There's no shame. The female body should be celebrated.

So, in that spirit, we offer a gallery of the most gorgeous depictions of women from the history of art.

Wonderful Milk Bottle Art

Residents of Stourbridge, West Midlands (UK) and surrounding villages were having a pleasant surprise when they took their milk bottles. They would find pictures of animals, often cows or mice, carefully carved onto the glass in astonishing detail. 

The artist, called by neighbors as 'bottle Banksy', would take the used milk bottles from doorsteps and then return them after having etched elaborate pictures. The identity of this artist was later known: Charlotte Hughes-Martin. The ex-lecturer, who works from a studio in a former glass factory, decorated the used bottles before randomly returning them to the doorsteps. Meet Charlotte's Milk Bottle Art.

Expo sed Brides

Hot Party

Our Body

Unfortunately, I have no idea what technique of photography this is, but it looks pretty darn cool anyway. Any photographer care to enlighten us? It’s pretty nice how there is over-exposure in certain parts of the photograph to highlight or accentuate those parts.

Beauty Captured

Tight Shorts

All About Women

Listen to these intelligence data gathered by the sacrifice of men gone before you about women. They will deny that any of these are true, but ignore them at your folly!

Girls With Guns

Swedish Graduates Strip tease Act

Artists Working In Unusual Media

Art can be found in anything depending how you perceive it. Artists have explored their creative sides to share their visions since prehistoric men painted on cave walls with berries. Many modern artists have produced some incredible pieces using atypical and unusual media and presented here is just a small sampling of some of their works. 

Chakaia Booker

Artist’s Medium: tires. 

This woman from New York makes some amazing sculptures out of rubber tires and also makes some tire sculptures that are wearable and she is known for wearing them to art shows. 

Choi Jung Hyun

Artist’s Medium: computer pieces. 

A Korean artist residing in New Zealand, he has made an interesting sculpture out of computer keyboards and mice.


Dr. Margaret Benyon

Artist’s Medium: holography. 

A British woman living in Australia, she has spent several years making numerous incredible holographic images.


Kittiwat Unarrom

Artist’s Medium: bread. 

This Thai baker specializes in making gruesome body part sculptures out of bread. Warning although they are bread these images look like props from the latest slasher movie.


David Mach
Artist’s Medium: coat hangers. 

This British artist makes sculptures out of a variety of common objects such as car tires, bricks and coat hangers. 


Jennifer Maestre

Artist’s Medium: colored pencils. 

This American artist uses the more traditional medium in a new way as she makes sculptures out of colored pencils. 


Julian Beever

Artist’s Medium: chalk. 

This British artist is known as the Pavement Picasso and makes amazing works of art on sidewalks with chalk. 


Guido Daniele

Artist’s Medium: human hands. 

This Italian artist takes bodypainting to a new level with the paintings he does on human hands.


Nathan Sawaya

Artist’s Medium: Lego. 

This American artist has been featured on The Colbert Report. He is known for some amazing sculptures done with Lego blocks.


Maurizio Savini

Artist’s Medium: bubble gum. 

Ever wondered what an artist can create out of bubblegum? Check out some of the works created by this Italian artist.

George Vlosich III




Artist’s Medium: Etch-A-Sketch. 

This American artist specializes in lifelike portraits of top athletes and celebrities, the skill he displays working in such a fragile media is remarkable.

Flexible Russian Girls

8 Expensive Art Works Found Accidentally

This is a list of 8 great works of art (well - maybe one is only nominally so) that were found in unusual places. It makes you wonder how many great works of art are lost to the world simply because no one is looking in the right place!

In a farmer’s field

In 1820, a Greek peasant named Yorgos was digging in his field on the island of Milos when he unearthed several carved blocks of stone. He burrowed deeper and found four statues - three figures of Hermes and one of Aphrodite, the goddess of love. Three weeks later, the Choiseul archeological expedition arrived by ship, purchased the Aphrodite, and took it to France. Louis XVIII gave it the name Venus de Milo and presented it to the Louvre where it became one of the most famous works of art in history.


Beneath a street

On February 21, 1978, electrical workers were putting down lines on a busy street corner in Mexico city when they discovered a 20 ton stone bas-relief of the Aztec night goddess, Coyolxauqui. It is believed to have been sculpted in the early fifteenth century and buried prior to the destruction o the Aztec civilisation by the Spanish conquistadors in 1521. The stone was moved 200 yards from the site to the Museum of the Great Temple.


In a hole in the ground

In 1978 more than 500 movies dating from 1903 to 1929 were dug out of a hole in the ground of Dawson City, Yukon. Under normal circumstances, the 35mm nitrate films would have perished, but the permafrost preserved them perfectly.


Under a bed

Joanne Perez, the widow of vaudeville performer Pepito the Spanish Clown, cleaned out the area underneath her bed and discovered the only existing copy of the pilot for the TV series I Love Lucy. Pepito had coached Lucille Ball and had guest-starred in the pilot. Ball and her husband, Desi Arnaz, had given it to Pepito as a gift in 1951 and it had remained under the bed for thirty years.


On a wall

A middle-aged couple in a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, asked an art prospector to appraise a painting in their home. While he was there, he examined another painting that the couple had thought was a reproduction of a work by Van Gogh. It turned out to be an 1886 original. On March 10, 1991, the painting Still Life with Flowers sold at auction for $1.4m (US).



In a trunk in an attic


In 1961 Barbara Testa, a Hollywood librarian, inherited six steamer trunks that had belonged to her grandfather, James Fraser Gluck, a Buffalo, New York, lawyer who died in 1895. Over the next three decades she gradually sifted through the contents of the trunks, until one day in Autumn of 1990 she came upon 665 pages that turned out to be the original handwritten manuscript of the first half of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn. The two halves of the great American novel were finally reunited at the Buffalo and Eerie County Public Library.


At a flea market

A Philadelphia financial analyst was browsing at a flea market in Adamstown, Pennsylvania, when he was attracted by a wooden picture frame. He paid $4 for it. Back at his home he removed the old torn painting in the frame and found a folded document between the canvas and the wood backing. It turned out to be a 1776 copy of the Declaration of Independence - one of 24 known to remain. On June 13, 1991, it was sold at auction for $2.4m (US)



Masquerading as a bicycle rack

For years, employees of the God’s House Tower Archaeology Museum in Southampton, England, propped their bikes against a 27 inch black rock in the basement. In 2000, two Egyptologists investigating the Museums holdings identified the bike rack as a 7th century BC Egyptian statue portraying King Taharqa a Kushite monarch from the region that is modern Sudan. Karen Wordley, the Southampton city council’s curator of archaeological collections, said it was a “mystery” how the sculpture ended up in the Museum basement.

Get Your Sexy On - Waist Art to Die For

All women love to feel sexy, and in the realm of waistline and body art, it doesn’t get any hotter, sexier or more sensual on a woman than waist chains, body chains and belly bars, that will indisputably make your man quiver and turn heads at every slinky move of your hips and bodacious bod. While belly piercings might not be for the faint of heart, you can still get your sexy on with a plethora of stunning waist and body chains which cascade down the most sensual part of a woman, without having to undergo the ‘needle.’

One woman is on the cutting edge of design in the art of creating waist art ‘to die for’ in sensual accessories.

Born and raised in the manufacturing and design of jewelry her entire life, and a native New Yorker, Rhonda began working for her family’s jewelry business as a young girl. With a long lineage in the jewelry industry, her grandfather was one of the first costume Pearl manufactures in Brooklyn, and her father was one of 4 manufactures of the mood ring amongst countless other forms of jewels.

In the 1970’s, Rhonda owned 3 jewelry stores, but pressures of running the businesses forced her to close them to raise her children. Now she owns her own chain factory, bringing her unique talent and designs to eBay for more than 5 years, and currently in the process of creating her own website.

As a certified gemologist amongst other degrees, she was the first to ’show the belly’ on eBay and began the whole belly body chain craze, doing most of her own modeling.

“My passion is to design jewelry to make women feel sexy.” says Rhonda. “Sexy is a state of mind no matter your size.”

Belly Piercing and Belly Bars
With very little information available on the internet or otherwise, I ‘took one for the team’ to learn first-hand in my quest to ascertain more about belly piercings.

It may not be for the squeamish, but the beauty and steaminess of a woman’s navel dressed in fine fashion jewelry is far reaching. Ahem.

You might be surprised to learn that navel and nipple piercings are 2 of the longest types of piercings to heal due to the depth that they’re pierced beneath the skin. It can take anywhere from 3 up to 12 months to completely heal internally, depending on a variety of factors — health, weight, diet, clothes, profession, and above all, how stringent you are in its care. The surface will typically heal within 1 month.

Your navel is at the ‘hinge’ of your body. I for one can attest that in the beginning, you will not be able to bend at the waist for some time. At nearly a month since the piercing, I can now bend slightly, but touching it is still relatively painful. One good result of this is that I have developed better posture while sitting at the computer for hours on end.

There is a vast difference in a belly ring and belly bar piercing — they are 2 different forms of piercings. Do some searches on the internet to decide which type of jewelry you prefer before taking the plunge. A belly ring will require a set of pliers to change the rings, which you may not be able to easily do yourself. Belly bars have a removable ball or gem at the top — far easier to change jewelry, and typically very secure with a screw top.

I for one prefer the look and designs of jewelry for belly bars, for which you should stick to something that won’t dangle and get caught on anything during the healing process. The jewels will position directly inside the navel and chains will cascade downwards from there.

Belly rings are also subject to a lot of movement, whereas belly bars will not get knocked around as much, thus making for a quicker healing.

Surprisingly, there was no blood from my fresh piercing, despite the fact that my piercer “lost the lead” after the piercing, as I lay there with clenched teeth for what seemed like an eternity — at least 5 minutes — before she was able to thread the belly bar through to close it, something she stated had never happened to her before.



Piercing Process
While I do not know if the practice is standard procedure, I can tell you the process that I underwent. I had forgotten the card reader for my camera which I was going to use to photograph the process, but for those who may get queasy, you are probably thanking me for it.

Tools and materials that were used during the procedure were
• Sterilized medical clamp style pliers
• Sterile pair of tight-fitting plastic gloves
• A cork, also sterilized
• Sterilized 14 gauge needle lain upside down within its package which the piercer would not reveal to me, a practice she used to prevent instilling fear or anxiety. They are typically as thick as the bar or ring which should be 14 gauge.
• K-Y Jelly to promote an easy insertion of the belly bar

Do’s and Don’ts of Belly Piercings
If performed while one is ill-educated in proper practices or done by a poor professional, you will very likely suffer severe infections, and lose your piercing altogether in effort to heal. Follow the Do’s and Don’ts below and you should have little or no difficulties. Happily, my piercing looks now just as it had at the very time of my piercing, minus the slight red inflammation which lasted but a few hours.

DO’s of Belly Piercings
Do your research to find a highly qualified piercer in your area — this is not the type of thing that cheaper is better. You want your piercing to last you your lifetime and without complications.

You will not likely receive any topical freezing prior to your piercing, so be forewarned. In the words of the artist who performed mine, “If you can’t cut the pain, you don’t deserve one.” Take some painkillers prior to your departure to the parlor for those who do not have reactions to them. I was severely distracted by the throbbing pain while driving afterwards, so try to have someone drive you home. But don’t let the notion of pain throw you off — it’s nothing that painkillers won’t be able to keep at bay for the first 2 to 3 days.

Countless individuals are allergic to nickel, for which I also suffer from as one of my forms of contact dermatitis — a localized rash or irritation of the skin caused by contact with a foreign substance. Although gold has a small quantity of nickel in it, I am able to wear it, so my first reaction was to buy a solid gold bar for my piercing. You will not likely find a piercer that will use it for your piercing.


I was fortunate enough to find out second-hand of a woman with the same problem and did so. The piercing would not heal due to the porosity of the gold, and had to switch to a hypo-allergic bar. It healed within a month enough to replace it with the gold bar. I was able to acquire a nickel-free stainless bar through my piercer.

The navel is a depressed scar that has a tendency to collect dirt, and if not dried properly can be subject to fungal infections even when not pierced. Once pierced, it’s much more crucial to ensure extra care for cleaning to prevent infection — an issue which cannot be emphasized strongly enough.

Prior to stepping foot in the parlor for your piercing, make sure to purchase a liquid solution of dead sea salt to have on hand which will work both to cleanse and heal your piercing. Use it twice daily — spray and allow to dry naturally. H2Ocean Spray came highly recommended to me. It consists of purified water, sea salt, Lysozyme and Sodium Benzoate. Lysozyme exists in our bodily fluids naturally, to protect us from airborne bacteria. The Coral Reef Sea Salt contains over 82 essential trace elements and minerals used to help in healthy cell regeneration.

If you find that you are still having a difficult time with the healing process after several weeks, use another alternative to wash your piercing such as liquid anti-microbial or germicidal soaps like Provon.

Wash your hands thoroughly with anti-bacterial soap prior to cleaning or touching your piercing for any reason. Use soaps like Provon in the shower once a day. H2Ocean or warm saltwater soaks can be used up to 2 times a day.

Wear loose clothing for the day of your piercing that will not put any pressure on your navel.

Dry your navel thoroughly after showering with a paper tissue, as towels can harbor bacteria.

Give the piercing some sunshine if you’re able, as it aids in producing Vitamin D which helps promote healing, and minimizes infections.

DON’Ts of Belly Piercings
Hands off the belly bar! Rotating your jewelry during the first 3 to 4 weeks will only create friction on the healing tissue, irritating the flesh and prolonging your healing. Touching your piercing can introduce bacteria — your hands have no place near your healing piercing.

No soaps! They will not only kill off the bad bacteria, but the good bacteria as well which is essential for your body to heal. Soaps also often leave behind residue which can irritate your piercing and prolong your healing.

No Polysporin or any other creams or ointments. These tend to clog the piercing, making it difficult for the healing tissue to breathe.

No alcohol, peroxide or iodine, as these forms of products are far too harsh and damage healing tissue, making for a difficult healing period.

Do not go into any open bodies of water — the sea, a pool, bath or hot tub during the first 2 months of the healing process.

If you find ‘crusties’ on your piercing, do not pick these off. They are dried lymphatic fluid which your body secretes as it heals — a natural part of the healing process. Soaking with warm water is all you need to easily remove these by a tissue, but be certain to have sterile hands.

Any discharge of a milky white substance is this natural healing process, and nothing to be alarmed over, providing it’s not thick and yellow — a sign of possible infection. This may last from 6 to 8 weeks. I for one have not had any of this occur, so it won’t necessarily happen to everyone.

Tight clothing at your waistline such as pantyhose, tight pants or skirts during the healing stage can cause the piercing to grow out, meaning that the piece of flesh taken by the piercing gradually diminishes until the ring comes out. Try to avoid synthetic fabrics that don’t allow the wound to breathe. After the healing process you’re fine to wear whatever you wish.

Do not replace the ring during the healing phase, as you will lose the piercing. No replacing the ring with a sleeper, as the sharp hinges can tear the inside of the wound, resulting in an infection, and increasing the possibility of the piercing growing out. Removing the ball from a belly ring yourself will require a circlip plier. Attempting to do so yourself will likely damage the ring, making it impossible to get the ball back on the ring — see your piercer to do this instead. This is one more good reason to get a bar piercing rather than a ring.

Silver sleepers are particularly hazardous — as the silver oxidizes in the wound, it can cause allergic reactions and Argyria — a permanent black mark inside the wound.

No hanging waist chains or charms from your ring or bar during the healing process — they can get caught and tear the wound, hampering the healing process.

Do not allow your piercer to talk you into making the final decision for the markings for the piercing for the needle to penetrate as I did. The lights were shining directly in my eyes, and for obvious reasons, my head was not close enough to determine the proper positioning, which resulted in a slightly off-centered piercing.

Belly Bars with Waist Chains
After the healing process, let the fun begin! Sexy up that waistline with some smokin hot belly bars and bars with waist chains.







Standard Waist Chains
For those who fear the needle, all is not lost. Dazzle them with some not-so-standard designer waist chains — a spectacular belly must-have.







Body Chains
It doesn’t get any sexier than this — breathtaking body chains that will wrap and hug your luscious bod.


Lariats
Drop-dead gorgeous, these absolutely stunning lariats can either drape down your front to your waistline, or drop down to the small of your back in a open back outfit. Need I say anything more?

Knotty Situation