We all know that different artists like working with certain types of media. For example, painters prefer paint … welders prefer metal … and musicians prefer sound. But recently, I saw some really cool artwork made out of unusual stuff: hair.

That’s right, we’re looking at a giraffe sculpted from this woman’s hair. It’s crazy. I was hanging out with my friend, Google, the other day when we found these images. The late Nagi Noda was an artist/director from Japan who specialized, among other things, in making “hair hats” for women. Talk about some serious skill—the walrus is especially cool, with it’s super-long tusks….

All of these pictures are amazing! Seriously … who thinks of this stuff? (Well, Ms. Noda, of course.) Every single piece must have taken hours to make. Ahhh, but it’s all in the name of art, you know? Anyway, I’m feeling inspired. So now, all I have to do is figure out how to write a song that sounds like this: