Earliest Man-Made Mirrors Discovered in Modern-Day Turkey, Estimated 8000 Years Old
Initially, people used pools of water to observe their reflections and viewed it as a magical experience. The first man-made mirrors were created from polished stones like black volcanic glass obsidian, and examples of such mirrors were discovered in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey), dating back to approximately 6000 BC.
Prior to the development of glass mirrors, ancient Egyptians crafted metal mirrors using materials such as copper, bronze, silver, and tin. They flattened sheets of metal and polished them until they could be used as mirrors. These mirrors had rounded shapes, ornamentation on the backside, and handles for ease of use. Continue reading »
Elevate Your Mirror Selfie Game with These Psychedelic Stained Glass Mirrors
The Bad Glass Shop is offering stunning and uniquely designed stained glass mirrors that can add an extra charm to your mirror selfies. Rachel Burnstein, the founder and artist behind these beautiful pieces, has a background in weaving and sculpture. Despite having no prior experience with stained glass, she ventured into this new form of artistic expression in 2019, leading to the establishment of the Bad Glass Shop in 2020. Continue reading »
This Artist Creates Eerie Sculptures That Look Like Victorian-Era Ghosts Emerging From Mirrors
Michael Locascio is a New Jersey-based artist and the owner of Dellamorte & Co. – an online store that sells all sorts of eerie and macabre sculptures that draw inspiration from mythical creatures, catacombs, and mysticism. And even though Michael’s store is already incredibly successful with over 39k sales and nothing but positive reviews, one specific sculpture recently caught the attention of Twitter users. Continue reading »
There’s An Online Community That Makes Fun Of People Trying To Sell Mirrors
This Reddit community is so far our favorite online discovery of 2019. Who would have thought that looking at people who’re trying to sell mirrors is so much fun? Continue reading »
“Butcher Billy’s Tales Of The Unexpected Black Mirrors”: The Episodes Of Season 4 Turned Into Vintage Comics
The Brazilian illustrator Butcher Billy (previously) is back to complete this amazing series, illustrating this time the six episodes of the season 4 of Black Mirror. A project entitled “Tales of the Unexpected Black Mirrors”, which retranscribes the universe of the series with the retro aesthetics of old American comics. Continue reading »
Landscape Mirrors: Surreal Photo Manipulations By Rigved Sathe
Rigved Sathe is a talented freelance graphic designer currently based in Pune, India. Rigved received his BA in Design and Visual Communications from Symbiosis Institute of Design. Continue reading »
Photographer Places Mirrors Into Industrial and Natural Landscapes to Look Both Beyond and Behind
For Guillaume Amat‘s “Open Fields” project he placed a mirrored stand in various landscapes, reflecting the opposing environment back within the image to create a double interpretation of the surrounding scene. These reflections contain dark figures against bright fields, homes in barren landscapes, bits of foliage contained within stretches of industry, and even a horse that pops into the frame. Continue reading »
Leandro Erlich Creates a House of Mirrors
People appear dangling as a large-scale installation art piece by Leandro Erlich, named “Dalston House”, in London, England. Part of the “Beyond Barbican” summer series of events, the interactive installation is a full facade of a late nineteenth-century Victorian terraced house built on the ground with a large mirror above it to reflect people as to appear dangling from the structure. Photos by Dan Dennison. Continue reading »
“Mirrors and Windows” Project by Gabriele Galimberti
“Getting to see girls’ bedrooms must have been a teenage obsession for the members of the all-male photographic collective Riverboom. Now that they have more or less grown up, they have decided to transform that dream into a reality. Riverboom’s Gabriele Galimberti and Edoardo Delille are traveling the five continents to see where girls, between the ages of 18 and 30, sleep. They have discovered that girls’ bedrooms are much more then just places where they lay down their heads – they are the places where girls read, love, dream, work and play”. – Gabriele Galimberti.
Carla and Mariana, 26 – Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Gabriele Galimberti/Riverboom Ltd) Continue reading »
