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A fascinating time-lapse video by Chinese videographer Wenting Zhu for the ongoing Beauty of Science series, exploring the dramatic crystallization of salts like potassium nitrate and sodium sulphate.
Floating Garden and Labyrinth – two large scale salt sculptures by Motoi Yamamoto, meticulously hand poured and arranged on the floor of the 13th century French castle of Aigues Mortes.
Previously: Curing With Salt
The Switch salt ‘n’ pepper shaker from the 2011 Collection of homeware gadgeteers, Fred & Friends.
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Japanese artist, Motoi Yamamoto uses salt to create incredibly detailed, and deeply personal, floor sculptures which he calls his ‘Labyrinths’.
The latest, which required 50 hours and a metric tonne of salt, seeps out from a brick tunnel at the Fondation Espace Ecureuil, a gallery in Marseille.
Salt is a traditional symbol of purification and mourning in Japan, and Yamamoto’s work honours the memory of his sister, who died from brain cancer 10 years ago. The intricate patterns are meant to represent eternity.
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According to the blurb, you don’t refill them, you ‘recharge’ them. See what happened there?
Salt and pepper cells by Antrepo Design: prototyped, ‘currently’ awaiting investment.
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