02/17/2026
A world within a world 🌎
For a while now, I have been taking this clear optical marble I made in my glass art studio with me everywhere in my camera gear, and I've really been having fun getting it out and experimenting with different shots with it. It has been a fun way to link my 2 different art forms together as one.
Here, I thought this foggy/flat-light shot of the ice push on Lake Superior's Brighton Beach, was a really cool opportunity to play with the optical elements of it. While it's perfectly circular shape makes it stand out, almost unnaturally, against the jagged chunks of ice pushed up, it's "clear" nature allows it to simultaneously blend in and become one with it's surroundings. I also enjoy how it flips the image you're lookin at upside down within it. Just having fun playing with optics! Enjoy 😉