A Dutch artist carves websites in gold bars. So, how it’s that even possible?

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Jip de Beer is a non-conformist Dutch artist who came up with the most original idea

He carves websites in gold bars.

But how is that possible? Because when we think about a website we have in mind this flat surface on a screen, but in reality websites have three dimensional patterns behind them, which are made in accordance to the layers of information they represent.

The Beer project is called “Web Spaces” and its main purpose is to highlight the so-called layers of hierarchy.

A web page is made up of several elements arranged on some of these layers of hierarchy.

Some are above, while some are below.

So we can form 3D images of some websites based on them. When looking at the X-ray of a site, we can remember classic maps that are graded by color.

For example, the mountains that are represented by brown are higher than the plains that are represented in green. The principle is the same.

Jip de Beer has made a plug-in for browsers that color the different elements in the hierarchy layers so we can get a 3D “map”.

After analyzing a visual representation, the artist starts the work and sculpts the masterpieces with code and color type.

The models that Beer has done so far are Facebook, Google and Wetransfer, in gold, steel, aluminum, silver or a combination of all of these materials.

The artist is about to finish the Faculty of Arts in Groningen, the Netherlands and is fascinated by automation.

He tries to optimize his artistic style with programming, notes The Next Web.

 

Jip also owns a website where you can get to see the whole range of sculptures he has made, including a golden Wikipedia model, which got a little rusty.