This snow globe is da bomb. When I’m digging through a bin of costume jewelry at a thrift shop or yard sale, I don’t expect to find a tiny bomb among the rubble of rhinestones, silvertone seagulls and tarnished beads. But just like in real life, you never really know what’s around the corner, or … Continue reading
Radio Silence – vacuum tube waterglobe
A simple machine, or a curious invention, with a repurposed real radio vacuum tube as the focal point. This tiny sculpture features a battered barrel of fuel, copper coils, measuring devices and assorted gears, bathed in a glittering shower of sooty dark dust when the globe is shaken. The custom base is wrapped with a … Continue reading
Knight Moves — black snowstorm waterglobe
May we present to you, the elusive double snow globe. Inside the glass globe, with a curious tower of metal and glass, a tiny chess piece waits, wearing blinders made of watch gears. Rising in the globe is a second clear tube, filled with shimmering crushed crystals which are black as coal. When the … Continue reading
Heart of Darkness waterglobe
A dark heart emerges from the smoke and glitter, held firmly in the grasp of golden fingers. With heavy glittering dust in shades of charcoal and black, this globe becomes nearly opaque when shaken, and the hand and heart appear to rise slowly from the ashes as the smoky dust settles. The sculpture moves between … Continue reading
Time Warp distorted clockface water globe
As Einstein said once, time is relative. He may have been talking about the physics of moving objects, but I think it applies to ripping open an envelope you’ve been waiting for with excitement, pacing the doctor’s waiting room, and to waiting in lines at an amusement park. It goes fast when you are having … Continue reading
Scavenger Hunt Airship – the dark “Snow” Globe
Imagining details in a past that never was, great airships travel the skies, seeking adventure and fortune. But what do they leave in their wake? As the moon will attest, explorers may leave a few items behind, the flotsam and jetsam, the tossed cargo, the unnecessary items shed in the rush to embark. This waterball … Continue reading