The lockdowns of 2020 have taken away face-to-face interactions in our lives. (Thankfully, it's no longer the case.) At that time, we had many ways to cope with it. Some of us picked up an old hobby, while others tried learning something new. And there were people, like artist Aki Inomata, who decided to take a breath, sit down or lie down and appreciate the simple things in life, like the lovely view of the blue sky.
From her observation, Inomata realized that no two days were alike. The patterns in the sky are never the same. This realization brought the idea of recording the sky from the previous day and rendering them in a glass of water through 3D printing. Clouds on the glass, meanwhile, are made from milk, so it is safe to drink.
As 3D-printing a liquid into a liquid is quite the endeavor, Inomata asked for help from technologists from the Digital Hollywood University Graduate School of Japan, and they experimented for 2 years.
"Thinking of Yesterday's Sky" is still an ongoing project. See more images at Spoon & Tamago.
(Image Credit: Aki Inomata via Spoon & Tamago)