Here is an image from an exhibition I visited on the Isle of Anglesey. Photographs were not permitted therefore my images are poor quality. This piece is called ‘Glacier Cast’ (Sterling Silver and Alloy) by Sevan Garo. It is a cast from the surface of a glacier in the French Alps, which has now melted and disappeared. The sculpture was created to demonstrate the brief lifespan of a glacier, which is now gone forever.
What attracted me to this piece of work originally were the textures of the work. Reading into the work, it intrigued me how the artist had used the casting method on location in an environment which has now disappeared. The work has raised awareness of the effect of global warming on the planet.
