Cascade
(photo Andrea Gregson)
Ben
Nevis means many things; in mythology it is ‘a mountain
with a terrible nature’, its name translated from Gaelic as ‘venomous’,
‘malicious’, ‘uncertain’. In history - a meteorological station and observatory.
In geology -a glacially eroded caldera and in tourism a playground and a place
to prove your prowess, endurance and frequently also a place of tragedy. With
this in mind, I am making ephemeral
actions, collecting objects and casting details in the landscape which explore the Anthropocene at the site of Outlandia. The last two days I have
made direct plaster and wax casts, making connections between casting processes in sculpture and geology similarly constructed through
accident, heat, fire, water but at extreme ends of duration. I am also creating
a series of sculptural assemblages composed of rocks with fragments of plastics,
fabric, glass and metals found on walks.
Wax in trangia (photo Andrea Gregson)
Melting
wax at found camp fire site 7/4/15 (photo Andrea Gregson)
Wax cast at river
bank 7/4/15 (photo Andrea Gregson)
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