Figures of Ground
List of Works
Pyritization I (In Praise of Limestone), 2014
Poem, texts
Pyritization II (In Praise of Limestone), 2014
Poem, pyrite (FeS2)
The Watcher I, 2014
Calcium carbonate trilobite fossil with calcite crystal eye-lenses in limestone matrix (all CaCO3)
The Watcher II, 2014
Pyritized trilobite fossil (FeS2) in slate matrix
Specimen courtesy of the Field Museum of Natural History
Horizon I & II, 2014
Calcium carbonate gesso (CaCO3) on panel, graphite flakes (C), marble slab (CaCO3), graphite plate (C), calcite crystals (CaCO3)
II (Inside of a Needle Inside of an Egg Inside of a Duck Inside of a Rabbit Inside of a Chest Buried Under an Oak Tree on an Island), 2014
Carbon ink drawing (C) on paper
III (Inside of a Needle Inside of an Egg Inside of a Duck Inside of a Rabbit Inside of a Chest Buried Under an Oak Tree on an Island), 2014
Graphite print (C) on limestone slab (CaCO3), pearl (CaCO3)
Installed at the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL, Spring 2014
All images by Claire Britt.