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Rocks are an items we take for granted, they hold up our buildings, they are stood on, they are mined, pulverized, and even made into new types of rock. Rocks can conjure thoughts of neolithic humans barbarically killing animals and one another, they evoke innocent boondoggle memories of painted pets, and a sense of agelessness. Much like a snowflake every rock is different no two are the same, yet their value in comparison is often low because of their ubiquitousness and permanence.
The Devonian Fossils that are contained within these rocks harken to a time when humans did not exist they are the earth's memories of flora and fauna that cease to endure. Fossils suggest value they are traded and collected. The fossils are reminders of how different the earth once was and how it can change again.
Lead Glaze, the word lead itself has derived numerous negative connotations in this present day. The metal that pierced the flesh of so many humans in the latter half of the 2nd millennium. Its bulky grey softness, along with its neurotoxicity, its use as ballast for aquatic activities. Here it contaminates, conceals, and ruins the fossils within the calcined rock. Leaving the objects with a dense colorful surface that muddles any definition.
The Balloons are of a different matter. Their shapes derived from Brancusi's endless column, and Matisse's flat oakleaf cutouts. The ethereal qualities are ascribed to these forms both through the materials that make up the balloons and the qualities ascribed to the celebrity status of these artists. A material that has only come about recently, mylar’s ultra thin qualities and high reflectiveness elicit ideas of outer space, survival blankets, and contemporary packaging of chip bags. Helium, the second most abundant element in our galaxy, and yet is so fleeting in any concentration here on earth. Its recent discovery, and new uses make it feel both valuable and modern. Born from the weak decay of rocks, it defies our expectations of gravity and is tied to the earth through the weight of the rocks.
Rocks are an items we take for granted, they hold up our buildings, they are stood on, they are mined, pulverized, and even made into new types of rock. Rocks can conjure thoughts of neolithic humans barbarically killing animals and one another, they evoke innocent boondoggle memories of painted pets, and a sense of agelessness. Much like a snowflake every rock is different no two are the same, yet their value in comparison is often low because of their ubiquitousness and permanence.
The Devonian Fossils that are contained within these rocks harken to a time when humans did not exist they are the earth's memories of flora and fauna that cease to endure. Fossils suggest value they are traded and collected. The fossils are reminders of how different the earth once was and how it can change again.
Lead Glaze, the word lead itself has derived numerous negative connotations in this present day. The metal that pierced the flesh of so many humans in the latter half of the 2nd millennium. Its bulky grey softness, along with its neurotoxicity, its use as ballast for aquatic activities. Here it contaminates, conceals, and ruins the fossils within the calcined rock. Leaving the objects with a dense colorful surface that muddles any definition.
The Balloons are of a different matter. Their shapes derived from Brancusi's endless column, and Matisse's flat oakleaf cutouts. The ethereal qualities are ascribed to these forms both through the materials that make up the balloons and the qualities ascribed to the celebrity status of these artists. A material that has only come about recently, mylar’s ultra thin qualities and high reflectiveness elicit ideas of outer space, survival blankets, and contemporary packaging of chip bags. Helium, the second most abundant element in our galaxy, and yet is so fleeting in any concentration here on earth. Its recent discovery, and new uses make it feel both valuable and modern. Born from the weak decay of rocks, it defies our expectations of gravity and is tied to the earth through the weight of the rocks.