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Russian Teacher Creates Mind-Blowing Modular Origami Models of Famous Cathedrals

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 01:42 AM PDT

42-year-old Sergei Tarasov, a school teacher from the Russian village of Tigritskoe, has recently completed an incredibly detailed modular origami model of Moscow’s St. Basil cathedral, from over 10,000 A4 sheets of paper.

Origami is as hard as it is impressive, and it just amazes me how some people can just take some common pieces of paper and turn them into something wonderful. Take Sergei Tarasov, an Arts teacher from a rural area 502 miles south of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, who creates modular origami masterpieces from thousands of pieces of paper. His latest creation is a mind-blowing 1.5-meter-tall model of the iconic St. Basil cathedral, in Moscow, which took around a year to complete. Without even using a sketch for his projects, the teacher created 60,000 modular pieces and assembled them into this fragile wonder. The artwork was presented during the ”Rus Masterovaya” festival dedicated to showcasing arts and crafts talent of Russian teachers.

Photo: Ilya Naymushin / Reuters

Sergei Tarasov has been fascinated by the ancient Japanese art of origami for a very long time, and he recently started teaching it to kids in a rural school. His home and the schools he works at are filled with all kinds of origami models, from rabbits, roosters and other animals to dragons, trains and buildings. He says making the specific paper modules for each project takes up most of his free time, and because he has to get them just right, there have been times when he had to disassemble his creations up to five times to make necessary corrections.

Photo: Ilya Naymushin / Reuters

Apart for the awe-inspiring origami model of St. Basil’s Cathedral, Tarasov has also created a modular paper replica of the Minusinsk Savior Cathedral, which took six months to complete. He’s now planning to recreate the Kremlin and Moscow’s Red Square.

Photo: Sergei Tarasov

Photo: Ilya Naymushin / Reuters

Photo: Sergei Tarasov

Source: Gazeta.ua

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Fame Daddy – The World’s First Celebrity Fathering Service

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 12:14 AM PDT

Always dreamed of having a celebrity’s baby? Well, now’s your chance, as Fame Daddy, the world’s first celebrity sperm donor service claims to have 40 A-listers on books, including am Oscar-winning actor, a rock star, a Formula 1 driver, a former football player and even a genius. For “just” £15,000 ($24,000), you can give your baby that X factor everyone seems to be looking for these days.

I know, it sounds like a PR scam, but apparently this is a real service. London-based Fame Daddy is a unique service advertised as the ideal way for girls to discover what it would be like to have a child with their favorite celebrity. There’s a catch, though, the identity of the donor is never revealed. Instead, clients are asked to complete a 12-question quiz about child’s ideal height and complexion, whether they’d like the father to be a popular actor, talented musician or an accomplished athlete, as well as other questions to help them determine which donor best fits their personality, character and lifestyle choices. Later, a team of experts from Fame Daddy will help women choose the right father “that will compliment their biology and heritage. Donor fathers have apparently signed exclusive 'donor' deals on the basis of guaranteed anonymity and a legal waiver of their rights to access to the child.

“Our vision is to help women give their children the very best chance in life. To be able to harvest potential from the global gene pool, rather than from the more limited selection of the men she comes into direct contact with, is a major evolutionary leap for women”, said Dan Richards, CEO of Fame Daddy. “Our aim is to provide excellent levels of medical care in a supportive and nurturing environment. We will offer a range of top quality celebrity surrogate fathers whose contributions are exclusively available at our fertility clinic.” While none of the celebrity fathers have been named, Fame Daddy claims they have all undergone medical screening to inform parents about any hereditary conditions.

“Whether it is talent on the stage or pitch, having a world beating voice, or just being very beautiful, Fame Daddy will have the perfect celebrity surrogate daddy.” Now how can you resist a sales pitch like this? If only I were a woman…

via The Sun

Fame Daddy – The World’s First Celebrity Fathering Service was originally posted at OddityCentral.com