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Iridescent Oil
14th September 2016
Artist Fabian Oefner explores iridescence with a series of photographs that is simply mesmerising. We have all seen a bit of car oil in a puddle gleaming with rainbow colours, but Fabian took this accidental event and has turned it into art. He used a syringe to add small droplets of oil to water in a black reservoir and allowed the oil to expand into these beautiful forms. They resemble the human eye, or a galaxy far, far away.
![iridescent oil artworks](https://www.pickledesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fabian-oefner-oil-spill-designboom-04.jpg)
![iridescent oil artworks](https://www.pickledesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fabian-oefner-oil-spill-designboom-03.jpg)
He then photographs these mesmeric shapes. Hundreds of images were distilled to just 10, and what a collection. Like worlds within worlds Fabian’s work captivates us.
![iridescent oil artworks](https://www.pickledesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fabian-oefner-oil-spill-designboom-010.jpg)
![iridescent oil artworks](https://www.pickledesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fabian-oefner-oil-spill-designboom-06.jpg)
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![Pencil Illustration](https://www.pickledesign.co.uk/wp-content/themes/pickled/images/pencil.png)