Artist Plants Sparkling Spiral Vortexes into Miniature Glass Marbles

Adam Smolensky of Smo Glass compresses mystifying vortexes into small glass marbles. His colorful, handcrafted creations match between your fingers, but since you seem inside, they seem vast–as if their spirals could go on forever. While these coils are common themes in Smolensky’s job, it’s just one facet of his fabulous designs. Additionally, he creates patterning reminiscent of scales and sea coral, with layered textures that build a beautiful visual complexity inside the half-to-two-inch pieces.

Smolensky recently shared one of his own art glass marbles on Reddit. It was a close-up shot of a “glass vortex marble” with a swirling rainbow layout and glittery center. “All my vortex marbles are done on [a] strong rod,” he explains, meaning that they’re shaped on the tip of a glass stick. As for the sparkling feature, that is the work of fuming–a method where the glass is placed in a metal “smoke” and becomes embedded within.

If you would like to get your hands on those miniature, infinite galaxies, Smolensky sells marbles, dishes, and sculptures throughout his online shop.

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Alma Haser’s Puzzling Portraits of Identical Twins

In her most recent series, German photographer Alma Haser combines the portraits of several pairs of twins by literally puzzling their images together. Haser first photographs every twin individually, then prints their corresponding photograph onto a 500 or even 1000-piece puzzle. Finally, Haser Gradually switches each other piece to make two works that are an equal combination of each sibling.

In earlier works, in the series, Haser only switched the twins’ faces, rather than melding their full-length portraits. In the side-by-side images of the twin brothers below, it is difficult to tell if anything is swapped if you don’t narrow your attention to the subjects’ eyes.

Haser lately contributed a few portraits from this series to the group exhibition The Body Issue: Individual Stories at NOW Gallery at London. You may see more of her portraiture between twins on her site and Instagram.

Elif Varol Ergen’s Absorbing Thoughts on Identity and Femininity

Elif Varol Ergen‘s arresting illustrations mix themes of feminism, mysticism, and individuality. The Turkish performer utilizes both digital and traditional means to relay these visions, equipped with a strong mix of approaches and impacts.

Her job has developed over time, but nowadays, the artist claims “illustrates rebel female personalities and proceed away from all kind of definitions and identities of women which have been placed by the male dominance. She utilizes mostly ‘witch and wicca’ metaphors because of her rebellion women whose behaviors entirely against the conventional ideas and view of the society.”

The artist has amassed experience as both a practicing artist and also an instructional. A statement states that “after graduation for the Ph.D. thesis and artistic studies she researched about underground art and contemporary examples in Europe and Japan.”

Paper Cut Patterns by Maud Vantours

Paper artist Maud Vantours brings paper to life through a huge variety of industrial and self-initiated projects that span 3D paper sculpture displays for top brands to editorial work for magazines and ad agencies. The French designer has also explored a more artistic kingdom with her organic Oscillations collection. Vantours shares some of her most recent work on Instagram.

IKEA Frakta Bag Reimagined As a Festive Stocking

This season winter holidays are unexpectedly fancy with new fittings by London-based bootleg baubles, among which sees the IKEA Frakta tote torn apart and reassembled as a chimney stocking. The festive hack is part of the brands offering of decorations just in time for the holidays.

That the ‘Swedish stocking’ is part of a collection of limited decorations that promise to decorate your home with just a little twist. The set items amount is restricted to just 50 stockings available for purchase.

A Russian Photographer Recreated Barbie And Ken As if They Lived in the Soviet Union

What if your beloved toys were exchanged and represented as if they’re out of somewhere else? Like, imagine if Barbie and Ken were Slavics.

Photographer Lara Vychuzhanina from Yekaterinburg recreated scenes from Soviet life but also known to all Slavs thanks to country elements in her scenes, using the Barbie and Ken dolls as the main actors.

Hilarious Photo Manipulations by Aditya Aryanto

Indonesian artist Aditya Aryanto created these hilarious pictures of animals turned into balls.

“Animals are a part of our life, and we must see them daily. Within this endeavor, I try to visualize shapes to the animals. I tried changing their bodies, which was rather complicated. Imagination is always desired to make a new animal form.

This moment, I’m trying to make them distinct; to be around. I had been interested in the answer, so I attempted to upload them to Instagram, and the result was beyond my expectation.

h/t Behance

Marching Silhouette Murals by David de la Mano

Spanish street-artist David de la Mano depicts anonymous hordes of soldier-like silhouettes marching to unknown destinations within a real world. The characters have legs and arms that appear to morph into tree limbs and roots–a reference to displacement–although some seem to have the heads of animals like dogs or birds. His latest pieces seem to consciously draw connections to the continuing refugee crisis. The artist is currently in London ahead of an upcoming solo show titled “Adrift” at Hang-Up Pictures.

All united, they are traveling to a destination unknown. Boats with broken sails and girls with animal heads ramble without direction but are all connected by an uncertain journey.
Adrift portrays the anonymous epic of traveling on a rough boat or passing through fortified wire fences — all aspects of the present fear of several nations to the refugee invasion. Adrift diagnoses the classic concept of migration and type behavior. It refers to the drifting motion which characterizes the migrant’s journey along with also the determination and strength that grows and develops when your house and your neighborhood have already been disfigured.
De la Mano is producing some new acrylic, java, and ink functions for the Adrift show, using some of the profits from 1 variant to be contributed to the Refugee Community Kitchen. Seen here are some recent murals in London, Germany, and Italy, with added murals on his blog.