Get your magnifying glass, you’re gonna need it to see this collection of miniature sculptures! The person who made theses sculptures has a lot of patience and intestinal fortitude. Carving tiny artwork on pencil tips is not for the weak.

Dalton M. Ghetti, a Brazilian born artist from Connecticut, has been making these micro-sculptures for over 25 years. His idea is to bring people to appreciate small things and to turn discarded objects into art using discarded pencils he finds in trashcans. He carves the sculptures using only a sewing needle and a small metal blade. He works at a very slow pace and only for an hour or two per day.

Some of these sculptures took over two years to create. What’s interesting is that Mr. Ghetti has never sold any of his work, proving that for him it’s just a hobby and a form of meditation.

Taking a leap from pen and paper, another artist made sculptures out of typewriters.

But what they’ll actually end up with will look more along the lines of this:

But it’s still great fun to build nonetheless. However, there are some people who take it to amazing and awe-inspiring extremes. These people build things like this:

1. LEGO USS Harry S. Truman

The USS Harry S. Truman is a nuclear power aircraft carrier and one of the largest ships in the fleet. So it would make sense then, that any LEGO model of her would also be enormous. But, damn:

That guy standing next to the monstrosity is Malle Hawking, the man behind the model. This guy watched a documentary about aircraft carriers and thought “Eh, I can do that.” Working from Internet photos of the real thing, Hawking put in tons of free time, not to mention spending 10,000 dollars of his own money to buy all the Legos himself. After a year, he was finally finished. This bad boy is 15 feet long, weighs 325 pounds, and is made up of over 300,000 Legos. Every detail of the original is replicated, from the planes on the flight deck:

To the electrically lit hangar bay:

Right down to its seaworthiness:

Not too shabby for an IT consultant who had to buy all the parts himself and used trial and error from Internet photographs to recreate one of the most lethal weapons afloat. And he managed to do it while living in Germany, where it is hard to avoid all the beer and fast driving cars that living there offers. Impressive Herr Hawking. Most impressive.

2. LEGO Wrigley Field

Wrigley Field is the second oldest park in the major leagues, opening its doors in 1916, and has been the home of the Chicago Cubs for almost 100 years. Sadly, the stadium has not as of yet helped them win a World Series, but you know, stuff happens. Stuff like this guy building a model of it out of Legos:

He first started building in April of 2009, and two years later, it still isn’t finished. The project has already cost him 5 grand in parts, and countless hours hunched over in his basement, putting this thing together one piece at a time, over 90,000 pieces so far. It’s incredibly detailed. It has the famous rooftop seats on Sheffield Avenue and Addison Street:

The center field scoreboard:

Appropriate billboards:

Even the Ivy covering the outfield wall:

You can follow his progress on his Facebook page as his construction project gets closer to completion. Hopefully he won’t look back on this and think “I just wasted two years of my life playing with Legos! I need professional help!”

3. LEGO Battleship Yamato

Not to be outdone by an American warship, a Japanese lad set out on a mission to recreate the largest warship in the history of the world: the Japanese Battleship Yamato:

Weighing in at 330 pounds, it is 22 feet long and 3 feet wide at its widest point. Containing over 200,000 Legos, it took almost 6 and a half years to construct. Everything about this bad boy from the rising sun battleflag:

To the bow anchor:

Is to scale, which is impressive considering that few photos of the WWII battleship were taken before it sank in 1945, and the ones that were are all in black and white and weren’t of a very good quality. Also, he started building this thing when he was in elementary school. What were you doing besides picking your nose and running away from cooties when you were a 5th grader. Nothing this awesome, I bet.

4. LEGO Church

You know those really big churches you see on those Sunday morning preacher shows, that seat like a thousand? Odds are most of you have never been in a megachurch, much less attend services there regularly. But obviously someone did:

Holy crap. There’s LEGO Jesus on the Cross, in all his Lego glory. This massive homage to our Savior is made up of over 75,000 pieces, including 4,000 windows and 1,300 LEGO worshippers:

And it isn’t even full. Also, check out the set of pipes that organist has to work with:

And for size reference, look at the size of the crucifix compared with the little LEGO preacher in his LEGO pulpit:

Praise the Lord, indeed.

5. LEGO Tower

Compared to this, the rest of these models are, well, child’s play. The tallest building made of Legos was completed last month in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It stands 102 feet high. That’s not a typo. Look for yourself:

It took top LEGO architects (it’s really sad that that’s a job qualification someone can have) 4 days to complete this tower, which beat a previous record by one whole foot. Really overachieving there, Brazilians. Still, This:

thing

is

really

really

TALL

By Ben Adelman

Andre Agassi, retired tennis player, former World no. 1. He definitely showed what the mullet haircut is all about.

Chris Andersen, Denver Nuggets forward. Looking like he had a hedgehog on his head, Andersen really got back the 90′s hair look with all the crazy spikes.

Dennis Rodman, retired NBA legend. Dude had so many hair styles and hair colors that one picture is not enough.

Abel Xavier, former professional football player. He definitely knows what blond and big means. There is no need to say anything else.

Ronaldo, a famous Brazilian soccer player, awarded best soccer player of the world, plays currently for Corinthians. If you want some bangs, you don’t need to shave off the rest of your hair. Apparently Ronaldo didn’t know that.

Taribo West, former professional soccer player. He was known for his unusual and colorful haircuts. So colorful they look like candy.

Tim Tebow, Denver Broncos third-string quarterback. It looks like his top hair has simply burned away.

If you’re like me, you’ve fantasized about making a giant, fat monkey out of flip flops several times in your life. Well, some students in Sao Paulo did just that.

Dutch artist Florentjin Hofman designed the structure, and the students involved in the project appropriately named it “Fat Monkey,” just in time for Pixelshow’s 2010 conference, which showcases art with a pixelated look. Students built the monkey’s body out of flip flops because the sandals are a long-standing trademark of Brazil.

What a day for a day dream..what a day for a day-dreaming ape.

Two young ladies massage the monkey’s arm.

If I saw this in person, I would feel the certain urge to jump on its belly. Would you?

On-lookers stop to gaze at the structure. Some approach the monkey and drop bananas and fruit juice in its mouth.

An aerial view of the monkey makes the structure look truly amazing.

As you can see in this video, constructing the monkey was no easy task. The innovation is strong in this group. Keep an eye on these students. Their creativity knows no bounds.

The unusual and fun street art from Brazil has already been posted in one of our previous articles last year, and now it is time to take a look at the follow-up. The artists behind this work are Anderson Augusto and Leonardo Delafuente, and they call it “The 6emeia project”.

The streets of Brazil can now continue to be more colorful and amusing for everyone, thanks to the two talented street artists. They are not the only one that are impressing people with their street art – these guys are only using spray painting and shadows to make unique street drawings.