Micro Mountains and Lakes

This project builds upon the techniques used to create the ‘Metallic Flowers’ series. Once again, I experiment with magnetic fluid.

For me this material represents a never ending source of creative ideas. It can be shaped, coloured and lit in so many ways.

I explore the hydrophobicity of the liquid, manipulating the micro peaks and valleys that form when magnetic fluid is magnetically charged. The result is the emergence of micro ‘mountains, lakes and rivers’ with water-based colours. The results are otherworldly creations that might make us wonder whether these bodies of water are real and actually exist, or whether they are illusions. The answer is that they are real indeed.

In life, like in art, reality is a concept and the perception of it varies depending on who interprets it, and when. This project, ultimately, highlights that very concept.