twirl & spiral

A <n>Roman</n> <n>silver fibula in the shape of a snail</n>, 1st century AD.

A surfer at Huntington Beach. Photo by <n>Ed Templeton</n>.

<n>Distorted Self-Portrait</n> by artist <n>Birce Kocer</n>, published in <n>Broad Recognition</n>.

<n>Petal Spiral</n>, a land art sculpture by artist <n>Andy Goldsworthy</n>.

The <n>Pi Crop Circle</n> appeared near Barbury Castle, Wiltshire, in June 2008. Photo by <n>Jabberocky</n>.

Spiral land art. Photo by <n>artifax</n>.

<n>Depths Flower</n>, a land art installation by <n>Jon Foreman</n> at Druidston, Wales.

Espejo, a 2009 photograph by <n>Cotyd</n>.

The Phantasy Landscape from <n>Verner Panton</n>'s <n>Visiona 2</n> exhibition, 1970.

<n>Spiral Jetty</n>, an earthwork in Utah by artist <n>Robert Smithson</n>, 1970.

A <n>pyritised ammonite</n> found in Charmouth, Dorset. Photo by <n>Roy Shepherd</n>.

A stone cairn with a spiral motif, created by <n>Dana O’Driscoll</n> in 2012.

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The illustration <n>Apple</n> by artist <n>Andrei Robu</n>.

<n>Snow Drawings</n> (2014), a land art installation by <n>Sonja Hinrichsen</n> in Eychauda, France.

<n>Luzes Relacionais</n> by artist <n>Ernesto Klar</n>.

A mixed media on canvas painting titled <n>Spiral</n> by artist <n>Harti</n>.

Land art from the <n>Snow Drawings</n> project by artist <n>Sonja Hinrichsen</n>.

<n>ENDLESS SPIRAL</n>, a land art installation by <n>Alain Bernegger</n>.

An ephemeral ice sculpture by artist <n>Andy Goldsworthy</n>.

<n>Thomas Young</n>'s 1807 illustration of the double-slit experiment.

<n>Snow Circles</n>, an ephemeral sculpture by artist <n>Andy Goldsworthy</n> in Izumi, Japan, 1987.

Woven branch and stone installation by land artist and photographer <n>Andy Goldsworthy</n>.

Profile image for the musician <n>MoonMoon</n>.

Photo by <n>jessica martinato</n> for <n>cakedesign</n>.

<n>Vik Muniz</n>'s 1997 photograph, <n>Brooklyn (Spiral Jetty After Smithson)</n>, recreates <n>Robert Smithson</n>'s land art.