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http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/simon-beck-snow-art-update
It reminds me of the large sand mandalas that mystics make and then destroy, or Burning Man in western USA, held every summer. The temporary structures of the buildings are burned at end of event!
"The setting out is done using handheld orienteering compass and distance determination using pace counting or measuring tape. Curves are either judged or arcs of circle using a clothes line attached to an anchor at the centre
Designs are chosen from the world of geometry or "crop circles". Some are named eg Mandelbrot set, Koch curve, Sierpinski triangle are 3 of my favorites."
https://www.facebook.com/snowart8848/info - under 'Basic Info' > more ( Simon Beck's Snow Art Facebook page )
18-year-old artist Sebastian Eriksson surreal pencil drawings are not only intriguing, they often carry a deep and personal meaning. For instance, in the piece above, titled Lost in Thought, he says, "One day I felt like I was lost and I had too much things to think about. Like I was stuck in a maze and couldn't get out."
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