The peculiar power of ferrofluid photography
Fabian Oefner of Zurich, Switzerland is an art photographer “who often uses scientific phenomena to create his images, whether it is sound waves that make colour ‘dance,’ flour balloons that look like cotton blossoms when they burst, or strange materials and liquids.” With his Millefiori series he explains: “The shapes, you see in these image are about the size of a thumbnail. They are created by mixing ferrofluid with water colour and putting it into a magnetic field. Ferrofluid is a magnetic solution with a viscosity similar to motor oil. When put under a magnetic field, the iron particles in the solution start to rearrange, forming the black channels and separating the water colours from the ferrofluid. The results are these peculiar-looking structures.”
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