Stone and Brass

Done some time ago, this little artwork features a little of everything. The primary material is flat stone enhanced with file cuts, drilled-in pin heads, colored pencil and ink. It is cut into and flush with the surface of foamcore that has been covered with a pastel paper with pastel rubs. Then pounded-out brass from old bullet casings and some copper sheet has been added for some glitter.

The original intent was to try to create an 'artifact' from an unknown primitive civilization whose religion and creative efforts were based upon the worship of the inert robots from a past civilization that they find scattered throughout their world. Because some of the robots still have some small atomic power units intact and partially react to those who approach, the people think they are living gods and create offerings of primitive objects, said art supposedly being an example.

Don't ask me how any of this makes sense; it surely doesn't. It just forms an obscure inspiration to create something different. The concept could be expanded and refined but I moved on to other ideas. Maybe some day I will come back to it and do a whole series with this idea.

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