Comments on: Nimbus Clouds: Mysterious, Ephemeral and Now Indoors

By: Anne Bobroff-Hajal

Anne Bobroff-Hajal — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:59:51 +0000

These are beautiful. I agree that the space in which the cloud appears is all-important. What an interesting element to experiment with – I love the contrast between the setting of Nimbus D’Aspremont and the Nimbus against sky blue walls, red carpet, and wide white woodwork. Though I think I agree with Smilde that d’Aspremont is the best of all.

By: Jim Vragel

Jim Vragel — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:31:49 +0000

There was a time when anyone seeing these clouds would declare them a miracle or a demonic sign and that Smilde was either a powerful wizard or in touch with God or Satan.

By: Peggy

Peggy — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:02:07 +0000

Tell the artist that if he wants longer-lasting clouds, just check out the people who are bringing us Chemtrails. They’ll last much longer….unfortunately.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:18:00 +0000

These images of aerogel clouds in the indoor settings are amazing. However, I would be very concerned about inhaling the fine particles. The author did not provide any details on what materials are used to make the aerogel. Some are quite toxic and others while non-toxic still cause irritation to eyes and skin and lung damage if they are inhaled.

By: jana Mader

jana Mader — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 04:54:09 +0000

I love the photos. They are surreal. Congratulation.

By: Ray Seabolt

Ray Seabolt — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 04:36:11 +0000

This is PHENOMENAL!!! Smilde has taken something only previously accessible outside and turned it into a FANTASTIC artform…BRAVO!

By: pamella

pamella — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:29:02 +0000

Very cool.

By: Kathleen Ownby

Kathleen Ownby — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:15:48 +0000

this is an amazing article. I live in Houston where we have our share of rain clouds. Hope the photo exhibit will make a stop here.