A Sarajevo Rose is the mark of a mortar shell that has been filled in with red resin, and they represent a location where one or more people were killed by that particular mortar. The name comes from the fact that the mortar impact resembles a floral arraignment, and Sarajevo is the location of some of the most intense fighting during the Bosnian War. An interesting, but sad, memory.

Microsoft supports decided to have a little fun at an Apple store currently under construction in Germany. Posing as construction workers, they attached the Windows logo to the side of the store. Pretty entertaining, and extremely ballsy, although they screwed up the color scheme.

Most all of you have had an X-ray at least once in your life. Most frequently used in the medical and dental professions, x-rays use use high-energy radiation to see through things that we normally couldn’t. However, they can also be used to create beautiful pieces of artwork. In this post we show you some x-ray art of everyday objects, showing their beautiful and complicated interiors. Enjoy!

A maze of 2,200 pounds of salt created by Motoi Yamamoto in memory of his sister, who passed away more than 10 years ago from brain cancer. The design is extremely intricate, and took 50 hours over the course of 5 days to create. Below is another maze he made previously, also in memory of his sister.

Unveiled on February 10th, this 5 foot tall, 400lb Star Wars sculpture in San Francisco’s Union Square is part of the ongoing hearts art project benefiting San Francisco General Hospital Foundation. It was painted by Laurence Noble, who’s work has been collected by George Lucas and Peter Jackson, amongst others, and depicts Yoda on on side and the “Yoda fountain” at Lucasfilm’s Presidio headquarters on the other.

San Francisco General Hospital website

Laurence Noble bio

These roses are not photoshopped or painted, rather colored by a technique that waters them with dye. By cutting off a rose and splitting the stem, the plant can be placed in different colors of water that feed different petals on the flower. This results in an amazing effect and some beautiful floral arrangements. This technique was successfully tested in 2004 by River Flowers and F.J. Zandbergen. These roses are available for purchase but because of the tedious nature of their creation they can cost upwards of $10 each.

These ghostly and ethereal light paintings are the work of Janne Parvianinen, a photographer and light artist. The technique is deceptively simple — using a long exposure time, he traces a pattern through the air with a bright light that is picked up by the camera. In these particular examples Parviainen draws glowing, creepy, and wonderfully spectral human skeletons. They’re both bizarre and very beautiful.

This beautiful art project, and tourist attraction, is in the Swedish city of Malmö, just across the bridge from Copenhagen, Denmark. It is know as the Giant Lamp of Lilla Torg Square, and has been in place since 2006. It stands 5.8 meters high, and its foot acts as a bench so passers-by can sit and relax under its soothing glow. Apparently the lamp tours the various squares of Malmo during the year, but returns on Christmas to Lilla Torg.

Oh, did I forget to mention it talks? Video link below. Think that’s a little strange? We do too, but we like it.

Source: Oddity Central