Silent as the stars, carried on the wind, a lone balloon on a moonlight ride. Over the sleeping city, dancing in the wisps of fireplace smoke and weaving over a thousand dreams below. When shaken, the liquid fills with sparkling black dust and tiny reflective glitter; the sky is alive with comets and shooting stars. … Continue reading
Remember when we told you that an independent movie, “The Tangle,” was featuring one of our snow globes in this very stylish neo-noir, hard sci-fi feature film? Well, the film makers have just released a teaser, and an IndieGoGo campaign for the final touches. Without spoiling the plot, you can glimpse the globe in the … Continue reading
Step one, make a tiny hat, then add tinier goggles. Step Two, float a headless goggled hat, a bowler to be specific, in the lazy liquid of a snow globe. Step Three, shake the globe. When shaken, fill the liquid with swirling dark mystery, and a gaggle of tiny gear-shaped metallic bits, and one — … Continue reading
When you are standing in the record-breaking heat of summer, looking for a spot of shade at an arts festival, but finding mostly asphalt and sunshine, remind yourself … Winter … Is Coming. Handmade snow globe with icy frost microdust “snow” on a shimmery silver tree. Engraved metal plate. Photographs and designs are copyright (c) … Continue reading
Oh, the irony! When your feels are so true and deep, and yet so murky and muddled. When certainty and doubt dance together. When your highs are sparkly iridescence and your lows … your lows are both sweet and dark, swirling the abyss, the edge of madness, the whisper of bliss. But what do we … Continue reading
Who was it who said with such certainty “steampunk and snow globes do not go together?” Well, I beg to differ. To see the rest of the excellent photo essay by Danielle Lirette of Westword newspaper, click this link to see more wonderful Steampunk attire. Here’s a close up of the globe. Westword photo is … Continue reading
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