Fragment of a Melting World
2019
Fragment of a Melting World (2019) was developed following a research trip to Iceland, supported by a Villiers David Travel Grant. It was inspired by the ice fragments at Diamond Beach, where ice that has calved from the glacier drifts through the lagoon to the sea and is left on the black volcanic sand. I modelled an ice form in CAD software, had it CNC milled, and cast it in frosted glass. Ice that would melt became a fixed object, and a way of asking what is important to preserve, and why.
Image above: Fragment of a Melting World (2019) Cast glass 33 x 15 x 6 cm
Below: Photographs made during the research trip to Jökulsárlón informed the sculpture.
