Jewel of the Universe

Chris Chamberlain

49-year-old Chris Chamberlain, an IT worker from London, England, spent the last two years of his life piecing together the “Jewel of the Universe”, a giant mosaic of Earth made with 330,000 hand-cut pieces of stained glass, each smaller than a fingernail. Now, he’s trying to sell his magnificent artwork for £250,000 ($380,000).

Chris Chamberlain has always had a thing for the arts, but he can’t paint or draw to save his life. But what he can do is cut glass into tiny little pieces, so he decided to use this skill to create his very own impressive work of art. The Jewel of the Universe project started over two years ago, in the artist’s garage. Using NASA photos of Earth, he set out to create a unique mosaic of our planet, from glass and precious stones. It took Chamberlain six months just to cut the glass into little pieces, and another 21 months to set them in just the right place on a 3.18m x 2.18m sheet of perspex, using a pair of tweezers. During this long painstaking process, the English computer programmer even had to train himself to become ambidextrous, in order to avoid repetitive strain injury. Practically every hour of his free time was spent on this incredible mosaic, and Chris admits his wife didn’t see very much of him during these last two years.

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Joke Of The Day: A Sunny Day In England

Rubber ChickenYou’re roaming around the Big Ben in London at the end of a long sunny day. You run across into the ghosts of Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Charles Chaplin, and Ian Fleming, who all give you directions to the nearest restaurant. Whom don’t you believe?

Your story teller, for there is no such thing as a completely sunny day in England.

 

 

Ryan Lochte: I Peed In London Olympic Swimming Pool

Talk about Olympic Gold!

I knew there was something I didn’t like about this guy.

Michael Phelps better watch where he swims next time.

Gold medal winner Ryan Lochte admits to urinating in the Olympic swimming pool during the London games.

Talking to Ryan Seacrest, Lochte – former University of Florida swimmer — says that athletes usually pee in the pool.

Lochte claims he never peed during an actual race, “but I sure did in warm-up.”

“I think there’s just something about getting into chlorine water that you just automatically go,” Lochte said on Seacrest’s radio show.

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