The Curious Life

I’m pretty sure I’d get a beat down from my eye doctor if I ever wore something like this, particularly since he practically punched a wall when he found out I was wearing my disposable contacts longer than recommended.

(Okay, so he just lectured me for what felt like hours. I think I would’ve rather he just punched the wall.)

This is one of the latest designs in Dutch designer Eric Klarenbeek’s Eye Jewellry project. They’re all supposed to be safe to wear and not affect your vision, but I just don’t know. Anyway, feel free to visit his website for a video of some model pretending like it’s totally comfortable.

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Yep, it’s Meatwater. And no, they’re totally serious. It’s marketed as a “high efficiency survival beverage,” and their website says something about complete proteins and optimal hydration levels for totally kick ass results or something. Honestly I was so thrown off by the flavor options and my unfortunately vivid imagination that I couldn’t stay focused on the details of the purported benefits, but you’re welcome to read all about it here.

You can choose from Beef Jerky, Beef Stroganoff, Cheese Burger, Chicken Teriyaki, Dirty Hot Dog (beg pardon?), Fish’n Chips, Hungarian Goulash, Italian Sausage, Peking Duck, Tandoori Chicken, Texas BBQ, Wiener Schnitzel, Basic Breakfast, English Breakfast, Brunch Omelette (classy!), Pizza Prosciutto, Fried Oysters, Grilled Clams, and Mountain Oyster.

Yes, Mountain Oyster. Finally, there’s a testicle-flavored protein water for us health-conscious folk.

By drinking Meatwater you can cut down on exercising and eating time, and have more time to enjoy yourself.

Cheers!

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If your green thumb is firmly wedged somewhere between cheeky and macabre (and you’ve got an extra $90 burning a hole in your pocket), this is the garden statue for you.

We challenged noted British artist Alan Dickinson to create his most haunting image exclusively for Toscano—and he certainly delivered! Not for the faint of heart, Dickinson’s life-sized, gray-toned zombie will claw his way out of your garden plot or family room corner, pleading for assistance with the most lifelike eyes you’ve ever seen. His macabre expression is captured in such great detail in quality designer resin and finished so realistically that you’ll swear you can hear him breathing!

(Do zombies breathe?) I can’t stop brainstorming random places to put this for maximum hilarity. Where would you put it to terrorize your loved ones?

by Design Toscano

These are absolutely amazing. Just…wow.

The Taliban forbade all forms of human representation—from “pedestrian crossing”-style street signs, to ancient statues, to photography. But when Magnum photographer Thomas Dworzak went to Afghanistan in December 2001, he discovered a cache of studio photographs of male Taliban. They were purportedly taken for identification purposes—a small loophole in the law—but as you can see these are much more convivial and decorative than your standard ID card.

Watch the fascinating video here.
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Hananuma Masakichi was a japanese artist born in 1832 who believed he was dying of tuberculosis. He wanted to create something for the woman he loved before he died, so he built a statue of himself so life-like that people couldn’t tell it was a fake. Aside from his masterful craftsmanship, part of the realistic nature of the statue is due to the fact that it’s made with his own teeth, toe nails, fingernails, and hair.

Working with adjustable mirrors, Masakichi made each body part separately using strips of dark wood. Records differ on the number of strips used but it is between 2,000 and 5,000. The statue is mostly hollow inside. No nails were used; the strips were assembled using dovetail joints, glue and wooden pegs. They are joined so perfectly that no seams can be seen, even with a magnifying glass. The wood was painted and lacquered to match his skin tone and reflects every tendon, muscle, bone, vein and wrinkle and pore.

Masakichi also handcrafted glass eyes that are so technically and visually perfect that they still baffle members of the optical profession.

What came next was stranger still. The artist bored a tiny, individual hole for every pore on his body and plucked the corresponding hair from that pore and inserted it at the exact position on the statue. In this manner he covered the entire sculpture with all of his own hair - head, beard, backs of his hands, legs, eyebrows and eyelashes (yep, and “that” part, too). Then Masakichi pulled out all of his own fingernails, toe nails and teeth and carefully put them in their exact place on the statue. As a finishing touch he gave the statue his glasses, his clothes, a sculpting tool and a tiny mask he had made. The figure appears somewhat emaciated because the TB was already taking it’s toll. He was 53 when the amazing statue was finished in 1885. Masakichi held a private exhibition of his work. He stood beside the artwork to the utter confusion and awe of the audience who could not tell which was him and which was not, nor comprehend how such a magnificent work had been created.

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