Iceberg.

Iceberg, 2009

I made these polystyrene icebergs in the studio recently, I'm trying to understand this draw I have to these manufactured/packaging materials. Something that promotes a status about these objects is the element of travel in their lives. I like the polystyrene taking on this Iceberg form, it has this history of taking on epic journeys and their is something quite odd yet playful about it being delivered on a wooden pallet. From recently applying to a few graduate competitions I have realized that the type of work I have been producing (temporary large scale structures) has left me with a small amount of physical work to show. I wanted to make something that i could keep, for a while at least. I find this idea of a block of ice, paused in its melting process, quite poetic and at the same time it refers back to the materials being used and what is actually happening in the work.