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Engineer and animator Brett Foxwell created and directed WoodSwimmer, a stop-motion animation production portraying sequences that are essentially deep scans of both wood and the time embedded in its structure.
What fascinated Brett are the alien-like forms that grow in nature all around us. It was while thinking of life from this perspective that he came up with the idea for WoodSwimmer.
“It was a challenging technique to perfect, but once I did, I was able to shoot short sequences that move the camera through samples of hardwood, burls and branches,” shares Brett on his website. “The result is beautiful imagery both abstract and very real. In the twisting growth rings and the swirling rays, a new universe is revealed.”
The final WoodSwimmer video, seen above, is simultaneously enchanting and escapist.
(h/t) colossal.com
