I find the concept of utilising ice as sculptures interesting. Like Erwin Wurm’s one-minute sculptures, they are temporary however they take hours for it to freeze and melt. It questions what a sculpture can be.
tightening the ice
securing and tightening were the ways I created by initial material assemblages. The air in the bag showed allowed the string and belt to hug onto the bag. To develop further, I utilised my freezer and created a frozen version by putting water in a ziplock bag and securing it with a string as it froze. I love how the the ice has been molded from the creases of the bag. By tieing a bright coloured string around the tightened area, it creates an illusion, as if the bag is still there.
Is it still a sculpture if the ice has melted away and the string is the only thing that remains?
this took hours to melt especially with the inconsistent weather. Even the neighbourhood cat came along and melted by licking on it.
ice block
Freezing can help preserve food, so it can last longer. Like that, I am able to use ice to create a “still-life”, like Armand Fernandez who I have researched who uses resin in his sculptures. Except the ice melts and the “still-life” that I have frozen, doesn’t last forever. I combined random objects that I could freeze in this ice block and I would say that this is a “still-life” of my desk drawer.
old gift card, string, beads, coins, dice, balloon, mini hand, spoon, hair tie drop on the ground as it melts. The ice helped assemble these objects together until it melted and they all became objects of their own.
flower ice puck
flowers and nature thrives in water. Therefore I thought it would be interesting to freeze some flowers and clovers into a frozen “still-life”. The circular container I used created a beautiful puck shape. When I took this out of the freezer it wasn’t frozen all the way through. I loved this because I could see all the way through the ice as it was very transparent. It really did remind me of resin, but in a more ethical way.
I also tried this in a bag, and it created many creases. This was only frozen a little bit whn I took it out. When I cracked it open it was fully hollow and the water flowed out. HoweverI didn’t catch a video as I accidently cracked it.
The cracked ice is also reminicent of glass. Through using ice I realised that I can make glass-like sculptures but make them in a temporary manner.
Waiiiiit this is so cool!! I love the documentation of your work. The colors and variety of objects used. Lovee!
Really nice body of work. From the encapsulation of objects in ice to the dissolving of them. Is it a release from confinement or perhaps the inaccessible made accessible again?