Bronze Cast Marble Large

This wall sculpture builds on a recurring theme at the heart of Storms’ practice. By transmuting matter, Storms transforms a piece of natural stone into bronze while retaining its massiveness, and every subtle detail, crack and irregularity remains visible. Drawing on the historical craft of the lost wax technique, the stone forms the basis of a silicone mould. This aligns the work with the traditions of sculpture. This is further reflected in the fact that the mould is only used eight times, as is customary for cast artworks.
It is precisely this replicability that takes the concept of the work to its extreme. Rather than denying its uniqueness, the repetition confirms the exceptional nature of the stone, emphasising the extraordinary material that makes up the layers of our Earth. Furthermore, converting it into a different raw material created from ores draws attention to its origin, highlighting the geological processes even more emphatically.