In 2012, Eric Rieger, aka HOTTEA, mounted a large-scale art installation that spanned across two floors at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, located in Minnesota.

That Time When HOTTEA Visualized the Sun With 14,000 Strands of Yarn

Photo courtesy of HOTTEA, h/t to designboom

The piece celebrated his vision of the sun and took over three months to create.

That Time When HOTTEA Visualized the Sun With 14,000 Strands of Yarn

Photo courtesy of HOTTEA, h/t to designboom

Each strand of orange, yellow and red yarn measured 32ft.

That Time When HOTTEA Visualized the Sun With 14,000 Strands of Yarn

Photo courtesy of HOTTEA, h/t to designboom

You can follow HOTTEA’s recent work on Instgram.