oddities The 18-foot Fremont Troll of Seattle, Washington Popkin

sculptures Marvel at these astonishing cat people made from actual cat hair David Pescovitz

rice Massive and magnificent creatures created from leftover rice straw David Pescovitz

michelangelo Michelangelo's fingerprints discovered on the butt of a wax sculpture Thom Dunn

shell games These miniature monster models are made from discarded cicada shells Thom Dunn

artist residency This cool new arts residency wants to transform interstellar space waste into sculpture art Thom Dunn

sculptures These sculptures almost disappear when viewed head-on Andrea James

Jesus Police called on homeless person asleep on park bench; it was actually a Jesus statue David Pescovitz

sculptures Sculptor creates the world's tiniest chess set, the size of a thumbtack David Pescovitz

contemporary art Artist Jeff Koons explains his massive and wonderful Play-Doh sculpture David Pescovitz

grotesque The finger-tentacled baby sculptures of Clay Per Day Cory Doctorow

Precious Mutations Guy turns Precious Moments into "Precious Mutations" Rusty Blazenhoff

HO scale Watch this mesmerizing spiral of small model trains David Pescovitz

typewriters Jeremy Mayer and his mindblowing monsters and marvels made from old typewriter parts David Pescovitz

Taku Inoue Artist sculpts the mishaps of Tom of "Tom and Jerry" Rusty Blazenhoff

sculptures Police officer gives pretend ticket to pretend car made from snow David Pescovitz

bones Skulls and bones with magnifying-glass-burned "tattoos" Cory Doctorow

woodwork Magnificent new show of Scott Albrecht's deconstructed, typographical art opening in San Francisco on Saturday David Pescovitz

noses A cabinet of noses David Pescovitz