Atlas

This is a work-in-progress: a large sculpture (for me) made from a table, a concrete sphere and a section of burnt lace. It stands about 70cm high and 40cm wide. The shape of the lace mirrors the 2007 minimum of Arctic sea ice, which happened in mid-September, with the centre of the design corresponding to the Pole. I hope to find some finer lace and make one to scale with the globe, as this one is two or three times too big.

This piece is part of an ongoing project based around the contents of The Eisegete's Study, a room implying/implied by a character I'm working on partly inspired by Origen Adamantius and St. Jerome. Carving Nature at the Joints, The Cartographer's Song and The Second or Third Temptation are also related to this project.