The strangest hobbies of stars and ordinary people. Unusual hobbies of people from around the world
How do we find our life's work? Not the obligatory work that our parents prepared us for or that we took out of necessity. And the same thing - ours and no one else's - what makes us happy? What fills our lives with colors 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. You can recall many stories about how people discovered amazing talents in themselves. But we will only talk about a few, and perhaps they will help you come to your big and real hobby.
Wire sculptures
Sculptor and artist Derek Kinzette became famous for his unusual hobby. He creates steel wire sculptures that look like stone statues from a distance. It takes him about 60 hours of work to weave one product. And if the sculpture contains a lot of details, then this time is doubled.
Derek says that childhood memories prompted him to this kind of activity: as a child he loved to visit Dodington Park, filled with statues.
Art of real men
It is hard to believe, looking at the delicate and unusual paintings from plants, that mistaken is the oldest japanese art samurai. Owning it was considered as important as using a sword or the art of calligraphy.
Today, probably, one cannot find a man “painting” with dried flowers. And among women there are not many craftswomen who skillfully use these colors of nature. Despite the apparent simplicity, it is not so easy to convey, for example, the quiet ripple of a lake or the cold freshness of the mountains with the help of dried plants. Yes, and knowledge about the world of plants is very useful here. For example, florist Tatyana Berdnik from Kyiv uses more than a thousand species of plants in her work.
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 do this type of painting, then remember that natural colors are more stable in young plants. Helps preserve color and dry flowers quickly.
Polymer clay
Do you know what captivates this material, unlike real clay? And the fact that you don’t need to work with him potter's wheel, nor a “cool” kiln for firing - a conventional oven is enough. But what you can’t do without is skill. This, of course, if you do not want to sculpt little things for your own pleasure, but create real masterpieces.
It’s hard to believe that this real lizard with eyes that look straight at you, a snake frozen on a branch with berries, as if autumn leaves just picked up from the ground or these berries themselves, sprinkled with snow, were only recently a colorful plastic mass. And also in the fact that the master who created them - Irina Rereshechka from Dnepropetrovsk - learned everything herself, without "materiel" and master classes. She notes that all her future creations themselves, in an instant and in great detail, appear in her head, it remains only to embody 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, imitate various textures and materials. And thanks to the availability polymer clay, products 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 in need of baking. Each master chooses "for himself" - what he likes best and what is more convenient to work with.
Pictures from nails
Briton Markus Levin creates his own amazing pictures from nails. In the strong and dexterous hands of the master, nails turn into real works of art. Many of them flaunt in galleries and private collections. Invented by Marcus in 2005, the artistic direction even got its name - Nail sculpture.
Depending on the plot, the number of nails varies from 15,000 to 52,000, and a picture can be "painted" from three days to two months. It is noteworthy that Markus creates without preliminary sketches and sketches.
Unusual photos
If you like photography, you should try yourself in another unusual form creativity. Freezelight - this is the name of photographing objects and abstractions drawn with the help of light: lighters, nightlights, laser pointers, candles, flashlights, etc. The essence of the process is simple: a tripod with a camera is installed in a dark room, which captures the movements of a person “drawing” with light. What else you need is equipment with the ability to night shooting, the ability to control the diaphragm and, of course, remarkable imagination.
And if you don't like working in the dark, borrow the idea of an engineer by training and an artist by vocation, Mehmet Ozgur. This American shoots smoke paintings and then edits them in Photoshop. It is unlikely that anyone will remain indifferent, looking at these mysterious, tender and filled with deep meaning works.
Paper craft
In skillful hands, even ordinary paper can become a masterpiece. This was proved by the Danish artist and designer Peter Callesen. Each of his paintings tells its own - touching, tragic or philosophical - story.
The master creates in the paper art technique: he cuts and sculpts three-dimensional figures and characters from paper.
The process of materializing a three-dimensional object from a flat sheet seems magical. The fact that the figures remain attached to their source gives a special mystery to the process.
On the edge of a pencil
Woodworking skills were useful to American carpenter Dalton Getty, who once decided to carve miniature sculptures from slate pencils. 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 - was created for two and a half years. And it happens that the sculptures, on which many days and months are spent, break. The worst thing, Dalton notes, is when it happens towards the end of a job. Indeed, this activity is not for the impatient!
dog grooming
Hairdresser - an ordinary, it would seem, profession. With one exception - if it is not a hairdresser for animals. 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 wool, but does quite the opposite - he turns the feathers lost by birds back into birds.
The artist works with tools that are used in eye microsurgery: scalpels, scissors, clamps, tweezers. With their help, he painstakingly carves figurines and entire flocks of birds.
Houses in miniature
Remember how in childhood or adolescence we glued houses and figurines from matches? Former surgeon Rob Hurd uses more impressive material - felled or withered trees. From them he carves houses, dachas, cottages, or rather, their models. The American took up this original hobby because of the tragic events: after the accident, he was no longer able to operate.
Culinary masterpieces
Surely, every housewife tried herself in working with dough. Fragrant bread, delicious pies and dumplings, of course, also require certain skills. But only real craftswomen can make the baking and confectionery business profitable.
Another popular newfangled hobby that has captured the souls and time of many representatives of not only the fair sex is the creation of delicious and unusual, sometimes not at all like pastries, cakes and pastries. Many of these masterpieces of culinary art - the very place in museums, so sorry to eat them.
By the way, some of the craftswomen did not even graduate from culinary technical schools. So go ahead, be inspired and look! And it will help you start working with the test. Want to try your hand at textiles? You will need this master class. And in you will find an ocean of ideas for creativity.
As a site for unusual, curious and strange news, the site, of course, could not pass by the topic of unusual and strange hobbies. Initially, we wanted to choose for you the top ten strangest hobbies and hobbies . But, due to the fact that there are much more than 10 of them, for now we present the most unusual hobbies in our opinion, but most likely due to a very, very large number of unusual and strange hobbies and hobbies, our rubric the most weird hobbies peace will be constant. Perhaps after reading this post you will also stop collecting banal coins, stamps and postcards, and get carried away with something unusual.
So test yourself, could you get carried away with one of the strangest and most unusual hobbies in the world.
Let's read about weirdest hobbies in the world and see what weird things people like to collect. Although it is now considered that it is not unusual to have a hobby, but if you start collecting belly button fluff in large jars (yes, believe me, there are such hobbies) ... some may call this activity very, very strange indeed, but this is what can make you famous!
Or what if someone really enjoys collecting animal skeletons? So let's all take a look at some of the strangest hobbies in the world. Enjoy!
1. The world's largest paint ball.
Some call it a strange hobby, others look at the results with admiration, but one thing is for sure, Mike Carmichael became famous precisely because of his passion! The life of a decorator (or dyer, if you like) seemed boring to him, and adding a little imagination, he decided that you can always find something good, even if you do it all the time. Even if from day to day you just paint and paint. Back in January 1977, Mike decided to paint a baseball...
The world's largest paint ball.
22,894 coats of paint applied to the ball and it now weighs 1,587 kg (3,500 pounds). People from all over the world are now coming to add a layer of paint not on the ball, but on the ball, although in English language it means the same thing.
Back in January 1977, Mike decided to paint a baseball...
The ball is so big that it requires reinforced metal rods to hang it. The first coat of paint was added by son Mike Carmichael, and has always been followed ever since. Golden Rule for those who add paint to the ball - each new color must be different from the previous ones. So if you want to add your own layer of paint to the largest ball of paint, you will need to get your color right.
At first Mike just decided to paint a baseball...
The most interesting thing is that such a hobby has many fans, as evidenced by photographs of other paint balls.
2. The kindest hobby.
For many rich and very wealthy people, charity has already become something of a hobby. In addition, in the world there really is a very a large number of volunteers and volunteers helping people. But there is one person who really brought charity to a hobby.
A certain Reed Sandridge, immediately after he was unexpectedly fired from his job, decided to give money to those in need for free in order to somehow help people. To do this, he specifically allocates 10 dollars a day and gives them himself, in his opinion, to the needy. He scrupulously writes down all the good deeds he did during the day in a special notebook so that the memory of those whom he helped will always be with him.
This is not only an unusual hobby, but sometimes also a fun one. But to be honest, while it may look hilarious, or some even look really cute, but seriously…poor dogs! Some people in China have a very peculiar hobby... they "tuning" dogs. As strange as it may seem, just take a look at the pictures below…these dogs are really extremely “glamorous”, something like a work of art…but in fur!
4. Houses of cards.
The site has already written about this hobby.
Passion for card games usually does not lead to good, but as it turned out, not always.
All boys in their childhood dream of anything, someone wants to become an astronaut, someone wants to be the President, someone is just rich, someone is an architect, and someone is just famous. It would seem how to combine it in one dream? Bert McLane from Los Angeles succeeded. He became rich and famous architect. And all because he is the best at building card "houses".
5. Fluff from the navel.
No matter how strange and even “nasty” it may sound for some, but another unusual hobby, which is becoming more and more popular. more people begins to get involved, this is collecting fluff from the navel. Yes, yes, it is fluff. The pioneer of this hobby was Graham Barker, who introduced the fashion for collecting down from the navel. What he has been successfully doing for more than 20 years, in connection with this, he even got into the famous Guinness Book of Records. And after that, he and his hobby became quite popular. When asked why he does this, he always answers the same way: “Why not?”
What people will not come up with in order to have fun and pass the time! In this list, you will find seven of the most unusual hobbies in the world.
1. Filing statements of claim in court
Judgment is something that many, at least sane people try to avoid, but not Jonathan Lee Riches, who entered the Guinness Book of Records as the most litigious person in the world. He is currently serving time for fraud in a federal penitentiary in Kentucky.
In pursuit of "legal masterpieces," Riches has filed 2,600 lawsuits in various federal district courts between 2006 and today. The targets of his litigation were ex-president US George W. Bush, Somali pirates, the missing American trade union leader Jimmy Hoffa, Holocaust survivors, the Roman Empire and even Buddhist monks. Jonathan Lee Riches has also sued various scientific ideas and inanimate objects, among them the Lincoln Memorial, the Dark Ages and the Eiffel Tower.
2. Collecting ecstasy
In 2009, the police in the city of Irbik (Netherlands) received a strange call: a 46-year-old man reported that an unknown person had stolen a collection of ecstasy from his house, which was stored in coin albums and consisted of 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 pills in his stolen collection were poisonous.
The Irbik authorities did not press charges against him due to a lack of direct evidence. The man said he no longer hoped to see his amphetamine collection again.
3. Flying… without a plane
Have you ever jumped from an airplane with a parachute? And with a parachute, then without an airplane, in a wingsuit, soaring like a bird above the ground?
Wingsuits appeared in the early 1930s and were made of canvas and whalebone, which, of course, had a negative effect on the duration, range and safety of the flight.
Modern wingsuits began to be developed in the mid-1990s. Thanks to an improved design, they allow the athlete to overcome tens of kilometers through the air (the current record is just over 27 km) when falling from a height of 5000 meters.
Buying 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 freefall jumps made no earlier than 18 months before submitting a request to purchase a suit.
4. Extreme ironing
Ironing clothes is a rather boring and tedious task. But what if you combine it with rock climbing, snowboarding and other extreme sports? Brad, you say. But no!
It all started in 1997, when an East Midlands resident named Phil Shaw was given a choice: stay at home and do what he loves - ironing - or go rock climbing with friends. Being quite a sane person, Shaw decided to combine both, therefore, in addition to climbing equipment, he also took with him an ironing board and an iron. So 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 on busy highways.
5. Participation in dog trimming competitions
People who take part in dog trimming competitions "mock" the poor animals as they please. What is there to say?! Judge for yourself:
6. News bombing
Some people make history, while others are constantly trying to "light up" in the news reports, just at the moment when this story is being conveyed to the audience. They call such background characters “news bombers.”
The man who is captured in all the frames below is a resident of London, Paul Yarrow. For several years, he managed to appear in many reports of such well-known television companies as the BBC, al Jazeera, Sky News and others.
Yarrow learns about the places from which the live broadcast will be conducted, comes there, and while the correspondent is talking on camera about the events that have taken place, he simply stands in the background, without disturbing anyone.
7. Trainsurfing (travel outside trains)
Trainsurfing originated in Germany in the 1980s and from there spread throughout the globe. Its essence is to find the train - the faster the better - jump on it and probably die after that. And what other consequences can be expected from such a dangerous undertaking?
In 2008, train jumping killed more than 40 people in Germany, mostly young people.
Every person has a hobby: someone likes to embroider, someone plays football, someone bakes delicious pies. But there are people whose favorite hobby raises only one question: “What? Are you really doing this?" Today we want to tell you about the strangest hobbies (weird hobbies) that are practiced abroad. In doing so, you enrich your lexicon useful vocabulary, and horizons - fascinating information.
Giving away ten dollars to strangers - distribution of 10 dollars to strangers
Reed Sundridge is an unemployed who gives money to passers-by. Every day he gives $10 to someone he thinks is going through tough times. Reed keeps a notebook where he writes down when and to whom he gave the money, as well as how the person intends to spend it. The philanthropist is well aware that $10 is extremely little (precious little) even for a beggar (down-and-out). However, the purpose of his action is not to enrich anyone, but rather to spread the idea (spread an idea) that it is necessary to help those who need it. You can read Reid's blog and learn more about this movement.
Egg shell carving - eggshell carving
Remember the saying You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs (You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs), an analogue of our “They cut the forest - the chips fly”? Times are changing, and now this saying has lost its meaning: an omelet can be made without breaking eggs, but turning them into works of art. While you and I are making scrambled eggs and poached eggs, foreigners are carving amazing patterns on the shell. This is truly filigree work (intricate work). Such a hobby requires high concentration (deep concentration) and attention to detail (attention to detail), you will have to tinker with shells (both with egg shells). But this activity helps to distract (take your mind off) from the routine and create a real masterpiece with your own hands.
Geocaching - geocaching
If as a child you read adventure books and always dreamed of finding a treasure, take up this hobby. Abroad, geocaching is already addicted to about 3 million people who love to spend time in the fresh air (outdoorsman). So, people take an invaluable thing (thing of little value), put it in a waterproof container (waterproof box) and hide it in some historical or simply interesting place, although sometimes “caches” can be hidden in the wilderness (off the beaten track). At the same time, they record the coordinates of the location of the thing and register them on the site. Another "cacher" takes the coordinates and looks for a thing, after finding the cache, he hides his "treasure" in another place, then the story repeats. This hobby will get you out into the fresh air and introduce you to interesting places(introduce you to interesting locations).
Ghost hunting - ghost hunting
Have you always envied the guys from the Ghostbusters movie and wanted to hunt guests from underworld(afterworld)? Then join the lovers of this hobby, hunt down ghosts (hunt down ghosts) and explore paranormal phenomena (explore paranormal phenomena). Ghostbusters go to haunted places and try to collect evidence of the existence of ghosts. I must say that this is an expensive hobby, so for people with ordinary income, it can only be an occupation in their free time (avocation).
Bug fighting - bug fights
This hobby is especially popular in Eastern countries. People catch praying mantis, spider, stag beetle, grasshopper or other similar insect. After that, they put two insects in the cage and lightly push them with a wand to piss them off. Angry insects start a fight that goes on until one of the insects stops moving (stop moving) or tries to run away (try to run). At first it may seem that this is the cheapest and easiest hobby, but in Eastern countries, the best insects (insects of the first water) can cost upwards of $100!
Extreme dog grooming - extreme dog grooming
If you have a charming fluffy dog and a little imagination, then extreme grooming will give you and your pet many pleasant moments. To create a masterpiece you will need non-toxic dyes (non-toxic dyes), good scissors (pair of good scissors) for haircuts and a calm fluffy dog (the last element is the hardest to find). Come up with a funny pattern and do it right on your pet's fur, let your imagination run wild (go wild). Your painstaking work (painting work) can be highly appreciated at a special Intergroom competition. On the other hand, animal advocates consider this hobby a mockery of dogs.
Appearing in the background on TV - appear in the background of TV
This hobby is quite rare, and its most famous adherent is Paul Yarrow, who managed to "light up" in more than a hundred stories. As soon as Paul sees that in public place(public venue) set up the camera, he immediately starts to hang around in the background. Perhaps Paul wants to become a member film crew(cast member) and become famous (come into prominence). Or maybe he is just a very sociable person and wants to finally be interviewed.
Extreme ironing - extreme ironing
Extreme ironing is one of the most dangerous sports. His fans take ironing boards to a remote place and... iron their clothes. Some do it on the mountainside, while skydiving (whilst parachuting), scuba diving, etc. If you are interested in this original look sports, join
Good day, dear students and parents!
Wandering through the pages of the Internet, I found interesting articles about the hobby different people, to which they devote their free time from work, and sometimes their whole lives. sometimes found favorite hobby so absorbs a person that it becomes the main one in which the craftsman reaches the highest skill.
Picked up the top ten, which includes unusual hobbies of people in different countries ah, which seemed to me the most interesting and causing delight and surprise.
Lesson plan:
Sculptures made of wood
ancient Chinese occupation many are passionate, but the master from China Zheng Chonghui was able to build the most long sculpture in the world of solid wood - more than 12 meters. Completed work about 3 meters high in the form of a wooden copy Chinese painting"Along the river during Qingming", created over a thousand years ago.
The author worked for four years, carving rivers, people, animals, forests, boats and even entire villages on the canvas from wood. As a result, more than 550 human figures settled on the sculpture. For his work, Zheng Chonghui received a certificate from the Guinness Book of Records.
Sculptures in pencil
An unusual hobby of the American artist and sculptor Dalton Getty. For 25 years he has been fond of carving on... It's hard to believe - pencil lead!
He has achieved such mastery that he simply makes masterpieces of miniature sizes out of fragile material. And while working, he does not use magnifying glasses. Among his working arsenal is only a blade, sewing needles and a knife.
The most painstaking work, to which he devoted two and a half years, is a miniature of a pencil with a chain.
Few people believe that it is made from a single lead without gluing. How he does it? As Dalton himself says, he never sells his wonderful creations, but gives them to his friends.
Paintings with nails
Each of us imagines how to hammer an ordinary nail, but the British Markus Levin can not only hammer it into the wall, but knows how to approach this process creatively, creating artistic masterpieces from building material. At least fifteen thousand nails and one hammer - all that the master needs, so that in three days - a maximum of a month - another work of art will be born.
Markus “draws” his iron paintings by hand, like any other artist, without preliminary sketches. Pioneer of such artistic direction under the name "Nail sculpture" began to enthusiastically engage in a hobby since 2005. Today, the artist's favorite occupation brings a good income - his paintings are successfully sold, and at a price of about $ 40,000.
sand drawings
American surfer Jim Denevan has a peculiar hobby, which, alas, is short-lived - he draws his amazing pictures on the beach sand.
During his 18 years of creativity, he decorated more than a hundred beaches around the world with a rake and wooden sticks. The creative process begins immediately after low tide, so that by the time the sea water returns, the drawing is ready.
While creating sand paintings Jim does not resort to any measuring instruments or mathematical calculations of distances, doing everything "by eye", as his heart tells him. Would you feel sorry for the work that swallows at high tide sea wave? But the artist has a philosophical attitude to the process of destroying his works by nature, calling it an integral part of creativity.
You can see works of sand art only at the time of their creation or already in photographs.
Microminiatures
There are craftsmen in Russia too. So, the modern Tula "Lefty" Nikolai Aldunin is fond of creating tiny metal miniatures.
Being a mechanic by education, he achieved such skill that he was able to make a rifle the size of a grain of rice, shod a flea with golden horseshoes under a microscope, put a golden saddle on it, settled camels in the eye of a needle and placed the T-34 tank and the Ostankino tower 6.3 mm high on longitudinal sections of an apple seed.
metal embroidery
Many girls know how to cross-stitch, laying out the details of a fabric pattern stitch by stitch. But the Lithuanian craftswoman Severia Insirauskaite is fond of embroidery on metal.
To do this, she takes a male tool - a drill, makes holes, and then embroiders patterns with a cross. In her creative piggy bank are beautifully decorated buckets and shovels, car hoods and doors.
Card figures
Playing cards - not so much useful activity, but the playing pictures themselves can be very useful if you do construction.
American Bert McLain became a famous architect thanks to playing cards, from which he built a five-story house at the age of 5. If you have enough patience, you can try your hand at building at least a three-story building. But the talented Bert honed his skills by building pyramids and copies of American skyscrapers from maps. Hobbies led him to world fame.
Government Saudi Arabia gave an order to Bert for the construction of a card copy of the royal high-rise complex. For a month and a half and a fee of $ 1.5 million, the card builder built an object 15.3 meters long and 3.5 meters high, using 4,351 decks of cards on it.
pooktre
This is the art of growing plants and trees of a certain shape in order to create natural sculptures from them.
This hobby can be boasted by the spouses Peter Cook and Becky Northey, who began their work with the cultivation of a wooden chair, directing the growth of trees in a given trajectory. For work, sculptors use garden plum and bird cherry.
They do not tell their secret of painstaking intervention in nature, creating intricate images year after year.
Star fever
Who has a hobby, but Briton Paul Yarrow will have a wasted day if he does not flash in the background during television filming.
His bald head and corpulent body, invariably dressed in a beige sweater, have become so familiar to viewers of well-known TV channels Sky News, BBC, Channel 4, ITV and others that reporting without the usual worker "behind the scenes" is already losing its appeal. An unusual passion to be always in the frame made Paul a TV star.
rides
American old man Vic Clement, aged about 80, prolongs his youth with his hobby. How do you think?
He gets emotionally charged on a "roller coaster", flying at breakneck speed at least 20 times for each visit to the amusement park. About 4,000 flights high into the air were counted by extreme sports enthusiasts, confirming their records with saved receipts. Vic set the absolute record on the Jack Rabbit wooden ride, riding as many as 90 times in one sitting.
These are the most unusual hobbies people from different countries have. By the way, this interesting information can be used to develop unusual school project. Do you agree?
What do you do in your free time from studies? Tell us in the comments and maybe someone will tell about you in their research project.
Success in your studies!
Evgenia Klimkovich.
