This work formed in the run-off pool from the geothermal power plant which feeds the Blue Lagoon in Iceland.
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This work formed in the run-off pool from the geothermal power plant which feeds the Blue Lagoon in Iceland. As the rate and pressure of the water passing through the power plant changed year to year, this work took significantly longer to grow than its earlier silica cousins, which formed in 18 days. The piece began as a drawing, was scanned, fed into a laser cutter, made into a wooden stencil, submerged in the Lagoon and left to encrust in a new mineral deposit. Subsequently, the plant significantly altered the conditions for water moving through the system. As a result, this was the last sculpture formed in this environment, as the pressure was so great the minerals could no longer settle and grow.