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2. Yard globe - Wikipedia

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   A gazing ball in a garden located in Breda, Netherlands. A yard globe (also known as a garden globe, gazing ball or chrome ball) is a mirrored sphere displayed as a lawn ornament, typically atop a conical ceramic or wrought iron stand. Sizes ranges from 1 in (25 mm) up to 10 m (33 ft) in diameter, with the most popular gazing ball being 12 in ...

3. Garden ornament - Wikipedia

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   A front lawn featuring an International Truck is an example of "found object art". Elephant ears and sunflowers were purposely planted to adorn the antique farm equipment on this US lawn. Found object art: items such as bowling balls, toilet planters, and antique farm equipment may be repurposed as lawn ornaments.

4. Witch ball - Wikipedia

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   The gazing balls found in today's gardens are derived from the silvered witch balls that acted as convex mirrors, warding off evil by reflecting it away. In the Ozark Mountains , another kind of witch ball is made from black hair that is rolled with beeswax into a hard round pellet about the size of a marble and is used in curses .

5. Even in the age of Google Earth, people still buy globes ...

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   Find a globe in your local library or classroom and try this: Close the eyes, spin it and drop a finger randomly on its curved, glossy surface. In the age of Google Earth, watches that triangulate ...

6. Eco-Earth Globe - Wikipedia

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   Eco-Earth Globe, sometimes referred to simply as Eco Earth, [1] is an outdoor sculpture depicting a globe, located in Riverfront Park in Salem, Oregon, in the United States. Completed in 2003, the globe was converted from an acid storage ball with a 26-foot (7.9 m) diameter that previously belonged to Boise Cascade , a pulp and paper company .

7. Jeff Koons - Wikipedia

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   Gazing Ball takes its name from the mirrored spherical ornaments frequently found on lawns, gardens, and patios around Koons's childhood home in Pennsylvania. [115] After creating Gazing Ball paintings, Koons also made several white sculptures from the Greco-Roman era along with everyday utilitarian objects encountered in today's suburban and ...