Wednesday 3 July 2013

Junk Geode V : Meteorite





Xerographic print on copy paper, poster board, and metalized polyester film.


The rarest types of meteorite to strike the Earth are colourfully patterned and metallic. Meteorites typically contain vividly coloured, translucent, mineral crystals, embedded in a silvery nickel-iron metal.

They arrive concealed in strange organic shapes, charred from entering the Earth's atmosphere, and can be cut and polished to reveal their brilliant gemstone qualities.

I like to think of this meteorite traveling great distances through outer-space, created from the destruction of an ancient planet, a shard from the early universe.
 

©ADG2013

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