Remnants

2018

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The term remnant refers to what is left behind—a fragment that endures after the greater whole has been used, removed, or destroyed. In glacial terminology, it denotes an isolated, melting mass of ice detached from its parent glacier. Likewise, the word coal finds its root in the Old English col, meaning a charred remnant—an etymology that subtly gestures toward cycles of cause and effect in the age of industry.

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In Remnants, each resin cube contains a suspended fragment of plastic industrial packing wrap—found material used to cast pieces of coal gathered from the abandoned mines of Svalbard in the Arctic. After casting, the coal is carefully extracted, leaving behind a transparent three-dimensional void, which is then encapsulated in resin.

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The resulting forms evoke curious, delicate specimens—at once fossil-like and futuristic. They invite interpretation as living organisms, rare crystals, or even remnants of melting ice. Through this process, Remnants speaks to the intersections of material memory, environmental erosion, and the residues of extraction.

 

Exhibited at Doswell Gallery in 2018. 

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Private collection