FLOATING KARST Bookends
Where flowing water once carved, now it stills. Fragments held in place, as motion becomes pause to support the quiet weight of books.
DIMENSIONS
13 x 13 x H 13 cm — Bespoke Sizes, Shapes and Finishes
13 x 13 x H 13 cm — Bespoke Sizes, Shapes and Finishes
YEAR OF PRESENTATION
2019
2019
MATERIALS
Karst Stone, Extraclear Polished RESIN.
Karst Stone, Extraclear Polished RESIN.
Resin crystallizes the organic parts without covering the section planes, finely sealed with a matte finish that preserves the natural stone touch.
Karst is a singular landscape, sculpted by water over thousands of years. As acidic rain seeps through soluble stone – like the Dolomites’ ancient bedrock – it dissolves matter along natural fractures, carving a hidden world beneath the surface: sinkholes, disappearing streams, underground rivers, and vast cave systems shaped by turbulent flow.
In this relentless dance of erosion, water becomes both creator and destroyer, always moving, always shaping.
alcarol has retrieved fragments of karst stone, partially cloaked in native mosses and lichens, their organic skin preserved in a crystal-clear resin evoking the very water that once crossed and hollowed them. Now, this once-fluid presence is frozen, not lost, but stilled.
The Floating Karst Bookends are iconic objects: fragments of ancient terrain, shaped by geologic time and held in a suspended instant. Where water once flowed to erase, it now stands still to support, grounding knowledge, anchoring stories, and turning erosion into permanence.
In this relentless dance of erosion, water becomes both creator and destroyer, always moving, always shaping.
alcarol has retrieved fragments of karst stone, partially cloaked in native mosses and lichens, their organic skin preserved in a crystal-clear resin evoking the very water that once crossed and hollowed them. Now, this once-fluid presence is frozen, not lost, but stilled.
The Floating Karst Bookends are iconic objects: fragments of ancient terrain, shaped by geologic time and held in a suspended instant. Where water once flowed to erase, it now stands still to support, grounding knowledge, anchoring stories, and turning erosion into permanence.
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