Time Matter

 “Every material has an essential and natural character that must be visible and present in the work.”

Ravid Rovner, The Truth of Materials

The birth of calcium carbonate begins with the sinking of animal remains to the seafloor. There, compressed under the sea’s immense weight, they are transformed and become hard rock. The natural mineral holds a genetic, geological, and historical charge that is gradually exposed. When the pounding of the hammers and the creaking of carving huge blocks of stone subside, a pile of worn, thin, white leftovers remains in the corner of the marble factory. I wish to bring it back to the circle of life, to imbue it with content and restore its grace and naturalness. This design project showcases the aesthetics of erosion and subtraction – an encounter between rock and time. The potential for transformation places weathering at the center, as an inseparable part of the aesthetic manifestation of the erosion process in the material, and its morphological manifestations. The objects represent presence and absence, and the relation to the natural time of the material itself.

Project Advisor- Eran Lederman