transmutation

Elements and minerals have different melting points and temperatures at which they become solid, so combining them is tricky. But weaknesses and stress fractures induced by unusual pairings can, in their incompatibility, produce intriguing results.

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Undertaking explorations using metals, silicas and salts is originating some surprising transmutations. Disintegration from one form and subsequent re-formation into another is thus proving to be decidedly thought-provoking. Utilising chance initiates exciting and unpredictable outcomes, which definitely encourages my desire to embrace further possibility through continuing experimentation.

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in the studio

Exploring physical chemistry through paint: using colour and movement to envisage reactionary processes which take place at an atomic level. They form key components central to Jo’s analytical work.

 
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Evidence still exists of reactions that occurred hundreds, often thousands of years ago within the Antarctic rock sought for analysis by Jo. I find that astonishing.

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moments in time

Time is an intriguing concept to work with, creatively speaking, although it is a vast and complex area to explore. It poses challenging questions and is difficult to articulate but I remind myself that the only limiting factor in its expression is me…..

‘Moments in Time’ is a geological and experiential record of Three Cliffs Bay.

in contact with the glaciomarine sediment

in contact with the glaciomarine sediment

touched by Patella beach of the Eemian

touched by Patella beach of the Eemian

carrying imprints

carrying imprints

dried traces of a past I didn’t know

dried traces of a past I didn’t know

immersed in the same sea it knew

immersed in the same sea it knew

 
layered with ancient sand in the present

layered with ancient sand in the present

‘Moments in Time’,  a past embodied. Sand, sea and glaciomarine sediment, paper.

‘Moments in Time’, a past embodied. Sand, sea and glaciomarine sediment, paper.

 

prediction?

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Drawing at Rhossili, sitting above a 125,000 year old limpet shell….

Embedded within a remnant of the ‘Patella’ beach to which it lends its name, the shell is held fast by ‘natural cement’ (precipitated limestone / calcium carbonate). This raised beach fragment is a relic from earth’s last warm period (interglacial) when the sea level was much higher than today - but temperatures were almost the same. A probable indicator of what is to come, perhaps in the next few hundred years, should global CO2 levels not fall below current levels.

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what lies beneath?

To look under our feet is to glimpse past and future, entwined in stories of creation and time, readable in the present. Uncovering this richly woven tapestry of dynamic tales concealed behind its recognisable facade, provides intriguing insight into the static scenery we think we know.

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