Strange New Hobbies

Hobbies like building small-scale ships in bottles and wood-carving are (some would say) normal hobbies. Some people have hobbies like stuffing animals or knitting or getting tattoos or grooming their dog. Other people have hobbies where they change the way the world looks. Check these weird and almost-acrobatic hobbies.

Gravity Glue

I personally wouldn't call rock-stacking a hobby. For one I don't have the patience. Secondly, well I mostly just don't have the patience. Gravity Glue is the name of Michael Grab's website and his "outlet to share my experience in the art of stone balance." What sounds kind of silly on paper ends up looking amazing when sitting in a river:

Like I said, I don't have the patience for that kind of thing. Here is a short video of him doing it live in front of an audience. The balance just sort of...happens.

You can check out his website here.

Site-Specific Art

These are called 'site-specific' because that's what Cornelia Konrads calls them on her website. These works of art are one-of-a-kind and amazing to look at. This is more than a hobby, this looks like a lifestyle.

cokonrads

I would consider this a strange hobby, but it's also sort of mysterious. Can you imagine walking around in the forest and suddenly you see a walkway that is partly exploded? No.

Check out her website here.

Sand Art

Everyone made sand castles when they were just wee little tots. Not all of us have the time and patience to potentially earn a living off of it though. Calvin Seibert has done just that; make sand sculptures that are art, hobby, and cool all in one piece. And like all sand castles, they get washed away when the job is through.

You can see all of his sand castles on his Flickr page here.

Land Art

Most people consider shoveling and moving sticks a job, not a hobby or a work of art. Swiss artist Sylvain Meyer does just that. by creating things in the woods, he has created a brand new type of hobby: land art.

You can see the rest of his pictures on his Flickr page as well, here.

Wooden Balls

Some would say chainsaws are just used for cutting things down, not making things. You would be wrong, again. Wood artist Lee Jae-Hyo makes large wodden balls (among other things) with his chainsaw.

Jaehyo Lee

You can check out his website here.