CERAMICS
Fantifall
Fantifall Assemblage
Litter is abundant in many neighborhoods, even along rural roads in beautiful oases. Food and drink containers that provided momentary refreshment are discarded without a thought. Nature degrades them and cars and trucks drag and flatten them. Rains escort them into our waterways. Creatures are often befuddled or sickened by them.
Fantifall is a fictional place devastated by an apocalyptic event known to future historians and archaeologists as the Burning. In this dystopia, much of Fantifall is still off limits due to the dangers of coming into contact with remnants of the environmental disaster. Scientists cautiously explore relics as they receive government clearance.
I create Fantifall relics by pressing bits of aluminum litter into clay, which is then fired and painted with iron oxide or acrylic paints. Each clay piece is an unrecognizable fragment of a world that has disappeared and whose secrets experts are desperate to unlock. Fragments are presented in shallow museum-style display boxes as if they were part of an archaeological exhibition. While each box offers its own carefully arranged composition of objects, several boxes can be arranged so that they offer a larger composition.
Fantifall is a fictional place devastated by an apocalyptic event known to future historians and archaeologists as the Burning. In this dystopia, much of Fantifall is still off limits due to the dangers of coming into contact with remnants of the environmental disaster. Scientists cautiously explore relics as they receive government clearance.
I create Fantifall relics by pressing bits of aluminum litter into clay, which is then fired and painted with iron oxide or acrylic paints. Each clay piece is an unrecognizable fragment of a world that has disappeared and whose secrets experts are desperate to unlock. Fragments are presented in shallow museum-style display boxes as if they were part of an archaeological exhibition. While each box offers its own carefully arranged composition of objects, several boxes can be arranged so that they offer a larger composition.
Fantifall Fragments Two
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Fantifall Fragments Three
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