Artists Walter Martin and Paloma Munoz construct eerie detailed artistic scenes hidden inside of snow globes.
Traditional snow globes house relaxing winter scenes of Evergreen trees, snow-capped houses and horse drawn carriages. However, these snow globes tell a different story.
These two artists have been working together since 1993. They sculpt miniature figures set in snowy outside scenes that depict sometimes horrible situations. Each snow globe tells a story and it’s up to the viewer to fill in the blanks of those stories. Some of these miniature people seem trapped in a fairy-tale like story.
The snow globes are part of their Travelers series. They are a limited edition as only 250 signed snow globes were made. As for the price of one of these, searching around on the Internet shows they are sold for $750.
[Images of Snow Globes have been recently removed at the request of the artists. You can see them at martin-munoz.com ]
Wow, I wish I had received one of these snow globes when I was younger. I think if I had gotten one of these, I would have been too afraid to leave my room. I love the detailed and haunting scenes. These snow globes hold cherished memories you aren’t likely to forget any time soon. And with Christmas in July rapidly approaching, these would make a great addition to any party. Provided that you have $750 to spend.
What do you think? Would you buy one of these?
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these are ...
Submitted on June 19th, 2008 by Anonymous..... obviously photoshopped. not sure if all of them are, but a lot of them are. Especially the spider one.
Newsflash!
Submitted on June 19th, 2008 by AnonymousJust because they look good doesn't mean their photoshopped, Anonymous needs to take head out of ass and get off e/b/aum's for a day
shoped
Submitted on June 19th, 2008 by AnonymousI can tell from the pixels and from having seen quite a few shoops in my time
Stupid
Submitted on June 19th, 2008 by AnonymousYou must be ignorant and have a disturbed mind to create/like such things.
Ugly
Submitted on June 19th, 2008 by AnonymousYeah! And they call themselves artists... Bleah !
Awesome
Submitted on June 19th, 2008 by AnonymousWhats with the negative comments? These would make awesome snow globes. I like the idea a lot. These are obviously just drawings of concepts and not actual snow globes (it's quite obvious when you study the detail) But it's a really neat concept.
And no, I'm not one to go around saying OMG PHOTOSHOP! but this one is way too blatantly obvious. They're drawings.
They're Real!
Submitted on June 19th, 2008 by AnonymousIf you don't think they are, go here: http://inventorspot.com/articles/snow_globes_14655
This site takes a while to load but it's worth it. There are a lot of strange/cool things there. Once it totally loads, scroll down a little bit past half-way down the page...you'll see the snowglobes and prints and info about the artists.
You know whenever I think something isn't real I don't bother leaving nasty comments, I just go check it out. Isn't GOOGLE grand!
video please
Submitted on June 19th, 2008 by Anonymousignorant photoshop trolls have made video an unfortunate necessity.
HAHA
Submitted on June 19th, 2008 by Anonymouswho gives a shit if it's photoshopped ...
Dig the idea ... beats the hell out of those normal crappy ones .
Focus, people!
Submitted on June 19th, 2008 by Steve LevensteinPhotoshop whiners... geez! I'm assuming you're bombarding Nissan with emails over their cool Rogue commercial because it's "not real"? Visit the artists' website and note that they display their art at public exhibits. See the photos - better yet, attend their upcoming exhibit running at NY's George Adams Gallery from July 10.
http://www.martin-munoz.com/recent/InstallationViewPPOW2003small.jpg
I think these would be an
Submitted on June 19th, 2008 by MichelleI think these would be an awesome thing to sell for the CSI show. Ohh, a good merchandising idea, no?
everybody's right
Submitted on June 19th, 2008 by Anonymousit doesn't take much research to figure out; they are plenty real but might also have digital enhancement. and not all these photos are necessarily of the snowglobes. it looks to me like some of their exhibits are just of the photos, which are not necessarily intended to be accurate representations of actual globes, while other exhibits are the actual globes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/arts/design/06mcge.html
http://www.martin-munoz.com/pressrachel.html
You suck at photoshop
Submitted on June 20th, 2008 by AnonymousYou suck at photoshop
proof
Submitted on June 20th, 2008 by AnonymousThis doesn't prove anything, they're photoshopped unless a high res vid is taken...BTW your all gay arguing over this including me because i am gay!!!
I saw them on display (real)
Submitted on June 21st, 2008 by AnonymousThese were shown in a gallery in Chelsea NY a bit back... not sure exactly when or which gallery, but I def saw them. They were beautifully done, with great subtlety of texture and transparency and color. They looked, many of them, unreal, but they are real.......
11-year-old Fargo snowglobes
Submitted on June 21st, 2008 by AnonymousThe movie Fargo did a special release in 1997 that included one of several snowglobes, with murder being the content. This is not a novel idea.
They didn't sculpt the miniature figures -
Submitted on June 21st, 2008 by Anonymousthose are made by Preiser of Germany. Sure, they've added a couple of miniature weapons to some of them, but Preiser makes those too. Maybe I should tell my Dad he's an artist and not a model railroader... Still, the globes are pretty amusing.
photoshop
Submitted on June 22nd, 2008 by Anonymousunless they are all hand delivered to my house, they are photoshopped
:-P
Not photoshopped at
Submitted on June 22nd, 2008 by AnonymousNot photoshopped at all...these artists were profiled in ArtNews last year. Cynical bastards!
wow these r photoshopped
Submitted on June 22nd, 2008 by Anonymousu guys r so stupid, they are obviously photoshopped. the reflections and shading are all off.
Anyone that uses the "P" word should be killed.
Submitted on June 22nd, 2008 by AnonymousNo video needed.
i know these are photoshoped
Submitted on June 23rd, 2008 by Anonymousi know these are photoshoped and its not funny. . .my brother died that way
Lighten up critics
Submitted on June 23rd, 2008 by AnonymousI think some people here are taking these a little too seriously. These globes tell a story just like books, songs, TV Shows and movies tell stories. Most of us don't take it personally when a filmmaker creates a violent scene so why should we when a snow globe scene does?
Awesome
Submitted on June 24th, 2008 by AnonymousThis is a fantastic idea. I enjoy the negative comments, that means you will make money if you sell them. Controversy sells.
belinda
Submitted on June 24th, 2008 by Anonymousblah blah blah u fucknuts & ur photoshop BS. i want one!
Amazing idea
Submitted on June 24th, 2008 by Anonymouslovely. i believe they're real and anyone who's willing to argue either has no life, or no creativity within them, making them extremely jealous.
RE: these are ...
Submitted on June 24th, 2008 by AnonymousYou're photoshopped.
snowglobes by martin & munoz
Submitted on June 25th, 2008 by Anonymousthey're fabulous. i would absolutely buy one.
Wow
Submitted on June 25th, 2008 by AnonymousGod you people are so dumb everyone knows that there is no such thing as art just some crafty motherfucker on a computer even if they were photoshoped (WHICH THEY AREN'T)
Who the fuck cares they entertained me and i thought they were fucking kick ass so go die you dumb ass.. P.S. I Want one now :)
RE: Stupid
Submitted on June 26th, 2008 by Anonymous"You must be ignorant and have a disturbed mind to create/like such things."
You must be ignorant of what the word ignorant means because you, like, 95% of the rest of the morons who post on the web, don't know how to use the word correctly. Therefore, I'm pretty sure your opinion of just about anything isn't worth the trouble your mother went to to give you up for adoption.
Your brother died trapped in a snow globe?
Submitted on June 26th, 2008 by AnonymousDude, that IS horrible.
comments
Submitted on June 27th, 2008 by AnonymousThese comments are obviously photoshopped all the reflections and quotations are wrong. Look......look at that one...right there, you can even see the remnants of an old piece of text before they used the clone tool, it shows up at least three times.... and there someone has used a comma more than three times, no one does that....except me...oh snap am I posting "shopped" comments now, oh fuck!
Awesome artwork!
Submitted on June 28th, 2008 by AnonymousI love these! I want to go see them on display sometime and even buy one if I can. As for the people that do no think they are real.. GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND!
ride the photoshop wave
Submitted on June 28th, 2008 by Anonymousi thought of movie scenes when I looked at them. that giant telescope was killer.. if your into that photoshop stuff
eaten by a giant spider
Submitted on July 1st, 2008 by Anonymouseaten by a giant spider while wandering through the snowscape?
Things
Submitted on July 4th, 2008 by AnonymousI can't believe that it isn't obvious to everyone by this point that the whole "photoshopped" bit is only ever added anymore to get a rise out of people.
'Shopped!' posters don't care one-way-or-the-other whether the images /have/ been manipulated or not, it's trolling, they're guaranteed an indignant reponse. Just role your eyes, shake your head and say nothing, otherwise you're playing right into it.
these are crazy awesome lol
Submitted on July 5th, 2008 by Anonymousi want a bunch of these especially the spider one lol
haha
Submitted on July 6th, 2008 by Anonymoushaha, couldn't help but laugh : D
If I had 750$ I'd definitely buy one of these. I especially liked the one with the tree and the person climbing a ladder to get some clothes, made me think it would be some kind of prank.
cancer
Submitted on July 7th, 2008 by Anonymousyou tools fail it doesn't matter if its a shop its the concept they are showing there work which is an interesting and fresh idea. Unlike lame ass snow globes....
SPIDER
Submitted on July 11th, 2008 by AnonymousI think that there should be a snow globe kit so that we could try and do this ourselves!
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