Terumasa Ikeda uses lacquer and bits of mother of pearl to create surreal sculptures. He demonstrates the painstaking process in this video:
The results look like code given solid form:
(H/T @MasakiSe.)
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These sculptures are like The Matrix code given solid form
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Learn a new language by chatting with native speakers from around the world
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