Karaova [Black Valley] - Comlekci - Turkey

Sculpture




Name Hollow Pebble
Material Travertine Marble
Block Pre-Historic River Pebble
Origin Yatagan, Turkey
Entity Inception Date 2008 September

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Perhaps not really a sculpture, but the process was the same so I suppose it could be.

My idea originally was to hollow out a marble pebble with the idea of putting a light inside to make it glow at night. I got the idea while finishing off the white marble love snakes late one evening as the setting sun shone through the white marble.

Unfortunately unlike white marble travertine marble is opaque, so even taking the thickness of the 'shell' to 10mm (3/8 inch), even a 100 watt bulb was insufficient to allow even one photon to escape.

So now it's just a decorative item serving no other purpose than as an ornament and an occasional sleeping venue for Diesel, our Turkish Van Cat.

Hollow Pebble - A marble sculpture revealed by Cliff Fraser Hollow Pebble - A marble sculpture revealed by Cliff Fraser < Front and back views

 Diesel the Turkish Van inside a hollow marble pebble < Diesel's new home

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