Rebecca Escamilla
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A Hypnotic Video of a Dutch Farmer Topping a Field of Tulips
A hypnotic video by Tractorspotter shows a tulip farmer topping (removing the flower heads from) tulips in a field in the Netherlands. This process also…
Playful Paintings of Food, Animals, People, and More on Plates at The Ritz-Carlton in Toronto
Jacqueline Poirier, server-cum-resident artist at The Ritz-Carlton in Toronto, hand-paints animals, people, food, and a smorgasbord of other things onto a plate in each of…
How Trees ‘Know’ That It Is Time to Bud in Spring
US National Arboretum horticulturalist Scott Aker explains what signals the budding of trees in spring. Aker explains how trees don’t start the process of budding…
One Musician Conducts and Plays Every Instrument in an Orchestra
Yorkshire, UK-based composer Ben Morfitt of Squid Physics performs every instrument in and conducts an orchestra in “One Man Orchestra.” The choir singing behind the…
The Octobasse, An Enormous String Instrument That Can Play Frequencies Lower Than Humans Can Hear
The octobasse (or octobass in English) is an enormous string instrument built in 1850 by French instrument maker Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume that is capable of creating…
Filmmaker Creates Touching Video to Find Potential Suitors for His Awesome Mom
Single guys who love tennis and beer, take note: Eva is single and looking for love. Eva, mother of Norwegian filmmaker Alex Lyngaas, hasn’t had…
A Poster Featuring 25 Different Ramen Recipes From Cities of Japan
The Ramen Poster by Fanny Cheuk Chu features 25 different ramen recipes from all over Japan. The poster is available for pre-order through her Kickstarter…
Artist Plays Fruits and Vegetables to Cover the 1998 Song ‘Teardrop’ by Massive Attack
Brooklyn-based remixer and visual artist j.viewz hooked up mushrooms, eggplants, strawberries, a carrot, and other foods to a Makey Makey, assigning each bit of food…
A Machete-Shaped Spatula for Grilling in Intimidating Style
The Machete Spatula from Firebox is–you guessed it–a spatula that looks like a machete. The lower end of the intimidating “blade” features three bottle openers…
Postmodern Jukebox Performs a Beach Boys-Style Cover of Aqua’s 1997 Pop Song ‘Barbie Girl’
Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox recently covered pop group Aqua‘s 1997 song “Barbie Girl” in the sunny vintage style of The Beach Boys. In the video,…