What are the most extraordinary hobbies of creative people?

Hobby is a kind of way to get away from the monotony of reality, a break from work and do what like, not what makes money. Sometimes passion grows into the business of life and begins to bear dividends. This is especially true with those people whose interests are very unusual, creative and spectacular. So creative streak of the carpenter finds its expression in the creation of miniature sculptures from pencil leads, and brutal man with a hammer in his hand starts to create pictures from nails and so on.

Carving a pumpkin

American Ray Villafane graduated from New York’s School of Visual Arts, but he prefered to work as a schoolteacher to the career of the artist because he is very fond of children and teaching. In his spare time, Ray cuts incredible sculptures of a pumpkins. Ray’s relationship with pumpkins began in hischildhood. The boy lived on the farm and showed early art talent  of woodcarving and carved everything that came on his way. Sculptor’s talent  didn’t let Ray remain unnoticed. Last year, for example, Ray was invited to cut the pumpkin on the occasion of Halloween at the White House.

Painting on the dirty vehicles

For American artist – Scott Wade a dirty car isa reason to pick up a brush rather than a wet rag and a bucket of water. Road dust is a unique “raw material” for paintings, he noticed this fact long ago: the dirty glass of the cars are often covered with inscriptions like “Tanks are not afraid of dirt” or “Wash Me”. American Scott Wade went a little further and adapted the dusty glass of the cars of the locals under canvases. All his spare time he spends painting dirty cars, decorating them with portraits, landscapes, still life, cartoons, or just funny pictures.

Microminiature

The Master of the microminiature – Aldunin Nicholas was born September 1, 1956 in the village of South Lamovatka Voroshilovgrad region. While working as a mechanic, and then as aturner at industrial enterprises, he comprehended all the secrets of metalworking. Some inner instinct immediately helped him unerringly pick the mode of cutting the metals.

Nicholas considered inadequate existing “technology of metals”. Once he got the idea to shoe a flea. Two years ofpreparing, and then he sat down at the microscope. Three months later, when finished, he realized that “found himself” in microminiatures. He quit his job and decided to practice this very difficult and interesting craft seriously. He believes that the achievement of human goals in life depends on the will: the higher the goal, the greater must be the desire.

Savvy flea

Caravan of camels in the eye of the needle

Drawings on the sand

The artist, surfer and self-taught chef Jim Denevan, born in 1961, draws on the sand the most beautiful and ephemeral paintings on the beaches for hours. His geometric designs the artist creates at low tide using conventional wooden stick. Over the past 17 years, Jim has drawn hundreds of unique images around the world. The tide washed them away, now they can be seen only in photographs.

Besides surfing and drawing on the sand, Jim Denevan mastered the profession of chef and even published a book that was sold in considerable quantities. In addition, he is the founder and organizer of the World traveling festival of cooking «Outstanding in the Field».

Sculptures on the tip of a pencil

Forty-five American Getty Dalton (Dalton Ghetti), worked as a carpenter, became famous thanks to his unusual hobby. For 25 years, he carves tiny sculptures of slate of the pencils. He tried to experiment with other materials, such as chalk, but still stopped on a slate rod of a simple pencil.

When creating his incredible masterpieces,  Dalton does not use a magnifying glass and works with three major instruments – a blade, sewing needle and a knife. The master works 1-2 hours every night after work. Therefore, the creation of a sculpture takes several months, and the longest time of his work is a sculpture with a pencil and a chain made of a pencil – to create this it took him two and a half years.

The pictures made of nails

Briton Marcus Levine is not just a tough guy with a hammer: he is an artist. Through a hammer in his capable hands the set of fasteners is transformed into works of art. It is noteworthy that all the paintings Marcus makes “by hand”, ie without preliminary pencil sketches or computer. The creative process of creating a single picture takes from 3 days to 2 months.

The number of nails involved in one picture can vary from 15 to 52 thousand. On one of his latest series of paintings exhibited last year at London’s The Air Gallery, Marcus has spent over 50,000 of iron nails. Marcus Levine began to create paintings of nails in 2005, and today he is called the pioneer of a new artistic direction «Nail sculpture».

Water in freeze frame

Photographer-beginner from Germany manages to capture the stunning beauty of the water sculpture. Heinz Maier lives and works in the German town Leinzell. He began to take photos only a year ago and immediately became interested in macro photography of water and insects.

The quality of his work, spread on Flickr and personal website, was immediately appreciated by professionals and amateurs of beauty. Colorful splashes and falling drops of water and splash folded into intricate sculptures, Heinz Maier manages to capture in a photo. According to Heinz, photo for him – it’s just a hobby, and the best way to relax.