With my new addition to the workshop this month, a lovely pillar drill, I can at last bore into some rock safely!
So I’m continuing to explore what happens to granite under heat and the drill is a great addition to my preparatory tool kit. It will allow me to expand what I can do, both physically and within my creative thought process.
Different minerals within rock such as granite produce incredible abstract imagery when viewed under a polarising microscope. The colour and pattern of juxtaposing crystalline structures are fascinating! Intense heat and the rate of cooling, within the natural processes of rock formation, contributes to this crystal growth. What will happen then, when I add materials and reheat it?
Experimenting with kiln temperature and the addition of materials will produce unknown outcomes. But I’m excited to see what I will create, and how it will appear when sliced and viewed through the polarising microscope.
More to follow!
