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Super Creepy Snow Globes are Filled With Death, Not Cheer
Posted by Sean Fallon at 7:50 AM on June 21, 2008
When I think of snow globes, images of pleasant Christmas settings usually come to mind. Even now, on a hot summer's day, the thought is kind of refreshing. However, it seems that artists Walter Martin and Paloma Munoz must have had a traumatic incident involving snow globes, because the imagery they have created in their Travelers series is just a tad on the disturbing side. Hit the following gallery to see what I mean. If you want go a step further and actually purchase one, they can be had for US$750 apiece. [Project Page via Inventor's Spot via DVICE]
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frigg
Posted 8:23 AM 21/6/08
@smuckersisgood: This is better than Fargo since that was just a movie but THESE ARE REAL!!!
frigg
damnElantra
Posted 8:19 AM 21/6/08
i like the spider one, nice an whimsical
damnElantra
prsiii
Posted 8:11 AM 21/6/08
One of the folks that works here has that Fargo wood chipper snowglobe, freekin' awesome, complete with red snow!
prsiii
Wakeley
Posted 8:11 AM 21/6/08
GTA ON ICE?
Wakeley
Don Is
Posted 8:10 AM 21/6/08
@smuckersisgood: Do a google image search for Fargo snow globe. Back when the dvd came out, they had some special editions that came with a snow globe. One was the wood chipper scene. The one I bought was the scene on the side of the road at the beginning of the movie. They did not cost $700.
Don Is
theorie
Posted 8:03 AM 21/6/08
i love these
theorie
smuckersisgood
Posted 8:02 AM 21/6/08
Id like to see one with the wood chipper scene from fargo. See it not purchase it
smuckersisgood
altimage
Posted 8:01 AM 21/6/08
@Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes: Calvin & Hobbes Snowmen snow globes are actually a pretty great idea.
altimage
Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes
Posted 8:00 AM 21/6/08
[www.chase3000.com] for more
Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes
doobiebros22
Posted 8:00 AM 21/6/08
@92BuickLeSabre: psh and still they will be the greatest movies ever made. Sorry just gotta say it...
doobiebros22
chanmoss
Posted 7:58 AM 21/6/08
not for me
chanmoss
Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes
Posted 7:58 AM 21/6/08
This reminds me of Calvin's Snowmen Scenes from Calvin&Hobbes.
Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes
altimage
Posted 7:57 AM 21/6/08
$750 per globe just makes them that much more disturbing. It's all part of the experience.
altimage
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 7:56 AM 21/6/08
Upside: See Hiphopopotamus.
Downside: M. Night Shyamalan now has script ideas for his next nine movies.
92BuickLeSabre
Blades
Posted 7:56 AM 21/6/08
super cool :-)
Blades
VakeroRokero
Posted 7:55 AM 21/6/08
I might buy one and brake in someones face and then explain that the snow globe made me do it.
VakeroRokero
Hiphopopotamus
Posted 7:53 AM 21/6/08
$%&@ing Awesome!
And I will happily re-enact these scenes with the first person to make a snide comment about how this article isn't gadget related.
Hiphopopotamus
Human Bomb
Posted 8:49 AM 21/6/08
Olde, but I like their art.
Human Bomb
Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes
Posted 8:48 AM 21/6/08
@frigg: I think maybe the best thing would be to take care of it here in Brainerd.
Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes
aphex
Posted 8:46 AM 21/6/08
I'm usually not a fan of morbid art, but these are just fantastic. Excellent twist on an age old classic. I like it.
aphex
Tommasta
Posted 8:44 AM 21/6/08
Saw these photographers' work in Aperture years ago. I wonder if the globes have been on sale since they made that project... For anybody claiming $750 is absurd, remember that these are from pretty well recognized photographers and are meant to be regarded as fine art pieces and not a novelty. $750 is reasonable to spend on a painting, so why not a snow globe?
Tommasta
AdmNaismith
Posted 9:22 AM 21/6/08
A Special Edition ?(or screener version) of 'Fargo' came with a snow globe that depicted the wood chipper scene, so this isn't exactly novel.
Calvin & Hobbes Snow Globes would be brilliant.
AdmNaismith
wolfenstein-3d is sticking to his 4GB iphone1.0
Posted 9:18 AM 21/6/08
wow, super depressing, but if they were cheaper ($29.99) i would actually buy them. They're pretty much awesome
wolfenstein-3d is sticking to his 4GB iphone1.0
vafer2k
Posted 9:59 AM 21/6/08
Well that was sick, useless and disturbing. Great job giving light to the sickos who make these and their "that's so cool, I'm so bad" morons.
vafer2k
doofusgumby
Posted 9:58 AM 21/6/08
@Don Is: ...Fargo snow globe. Back when the dvd came out, they had some special editions that came with a snow globe. One was the wood chipper scene.
yep, starting bid is $49 on ebay for the vhs with wood chipper scene globe.
[cgi.ebay.com]
damn ex-gf got mine, was never opened, that BITCH.
doofusgumby
archercc
Posted 9:43 AM 21/6/08
I wish I had kids so I could give them these.
archercc
Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes
Posted 10:11 AM 21/6/08
I wonder how they suspended the leapers on the lovers leap scene.
Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes
daftrok
Posted 10:48 AM 21/6/08
I WANT THE SPIDER ONE!
daftrok
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
Posted 11:42 AM 21/6/08
I have to have these. Christmas ornaments that I can finally offend and amuse people with!
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
jitty9
Posted 12:00 PM 21/6/08
LOL, I really want that spider one
jitty9
mthrndr
Posted 11:56 AM 21/6/08
Awesome as hell. Morbid and overpriced, but bleeping awesome.
mthrndr
yakimushi
Posted 12:32 PM 21/6/08
@jitty9:
Sorry bud, that one is part of a large corporate art collection. I walk past it every day at work and hopelessly covet it as well :D
yakimushi
maven2k
Posted 12:45 PM 21/6/08
These are the coolest snow globes ever and the one with the spider is bad ass!
maven2k
gadgetplay
Posted 1:43 PM 21/6/08
@vafer2k: "Well that was sick, useless and disturbing. Great job giving light to the sickos who make these and their 'that's so cool, I'm so bad' morons."
There's nothing like an intelligent, well thought-out comment, and that was nothing like an intelligent well thought-out comment.
gadgetplay
Blah8
Posted 2:00 PM 21/6/08
Haha, these are pretty awesome. What they really need, though, is a globe with a nuke going off in the middle and have the snow be either debris, blood, or fallout from the blast... yeah... >_>
Blah8
Kaizuden
Posted 4:32 PM 21/6/08
I want the spider one...
Kaizuden
SirNirian
Posted 5:01 PM 21/6/08
Haha emo-globes.
SirNirian
Wubbytoes
Posted 8:25 PM 21/6/08
If these were affordable I'd totally get a couple.
Wubbytoes
FiveLiters
Posted 2:03 AM 22/6/08
Finally I have something to send to the ex who used to give me those awful 'Precious Moments' figurines!
FiveLiters
HawkSkater0
Posted 3:25 AM 22/6/08
Merry Christmas. This globe goes great with the holidays, these are so happy and cheerful. And only $750 what a bargain!
(joking, if you couldn't tell)
HawkSkater0
dna
Posted 4:27 AM 22/6/08
Excellent of course except for the price. What are they thinking? Gag gifts should never be this expensive.
dna
JadusIV
Posted 12:33 PM 22/6/08
id kill for spider one
JadusIV
N@tedog
Posted 10:47 PM 23/6/08
I rarely laugh out loud at pics on Gizmodo (what can I say. I've got a unique flavor). I did to this one.
N@tedog