Tomasz Wiśniewski Unusual hobbies

Aquascaping

The art of arranging plants in an aquarium alongside rocks, wood, artificialartificialartificial caves, and driftwooddriftwooddriftwood to make a crafty masterpiece. It is not only important for such a creation to be beautiful - it has to be functional and healthy for the aquatic creatures to live in! Filters, thermometers, proper lighting and algaealgaealgae maintenancemaintenancemaintenance are a must. And of course, don’t forget to let the animals in!

Tree shaping

Ever considered standard trees to be boring? Well, try to shape your own, although this requires a lot of patience - growing a tree can take several years! However, granted that you are patient, you can use it to create incredible artistic designs, furniture, and even simple structures. Imagine sitting in a chair that still has roots and sproutssprouts [sprout]sprouts leaves - yes, the resulting objects are still alive!

Extreme ironing

Normal ironing can be the most boring activity in the world. Why not spice it upspice it upspice it up? Take the ironing boardironing boardironing board to a remoteremoteremote location and iron your clothes away. Any location is good: you can iron while skydivingskydivingskydiving, on a motorbike, whilst mountaineeringmountaineeringmountaineering, even under water! According to the Extreme Ironing Bureau, extreme ironing is “the latest danger sport that combines the thrillsthrills [thrill]thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well‑pressed shirt.”

Soap carving

Tired of using the same‑oldsame‑oldsame‑old soap bar? Turn it into a beautiful sculpture. This activity is simple to begin both for children and adults and not as gimmickygimmicky gimmicky as using chiselschisels [chisel]chisels and hammers and faffing aroundfaffing around [faff around]faffing around with rock and wood. The advantage of soap over those is that it is soft, and you can use a spoon, fork, or a toothpicktoothpicktoothpick to make your design. And the best part is, you can find soap everywhere!

Competitive dog grooming

If you’re bored of your dog having the same haircut every year, you can transform him or her into an artwork by utilisingutilising [utilise]utilising creative fur sculptingfur sculptingfur sculpting, colour, and design. You can even do it competitivelycompetitivelycompetitively! If you decide to put your beautifully transformed dog up for a beauty contestbeauty contestbeauty contest, you have only a few hours to turn your pet into a wonderful, colourful work of art. The choices are endless: you may scissorscissorscissor, clipclipclip, trimtrimtrim, and apply colour or decorations to your poochpoochpooch. So sweet!

Stone skipping

Sometimes, spending hours on the beach can get a bit boring. When you’re tired of lying around aimlesslyaimlesslyaimlessly or sick of the ever‑repeating circle of going in and out of the water, you can try and do another relaxing beach activity! Stone skipping is the art of throwing throwing a flat stone across the water in such a way that it bouncesbounces [bounce]bounces off the surface. The objective is to see how many times the stone can bounce before it sinks into the water. You need to carefully choose the proper stones and master the correct technique for the best results.

Cosplay

This one is for those who got tired of their clothes. Cosplay – the mix of costume and role play – is both a hobby and a lifestyle in which participants called cosplayers wear uniqueuniqueunique home‑made costumes (you can’t just buy them) and fashion accessories to represent a specific character from their favourite film, cartoon,  book, or video game. It’s a great opportunity to meet others who love the same things - cosplay is often an occasion to mingleminglemingle at huge conventions. It’s also a great opportunity to buy a lot of merchandisemerchandisemerchandise connected to their favourite themes.

1 Źródło: Tomasz Wiśniewski, licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.