Personal Herbarium
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Image: krust_casting.jpg
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Image: krust_olive_casting2_0.jpg
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Image: krust_olive_casting3.jpg
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Image: herb11.jpg
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Image: krust_flower_bronze_0.jpg
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Image: herb22_1.jpg
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Image: krust_olive_bronze.jpg
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Text: InstructionsShape the symbols in waxFollow the bronze casting process to make it a sculptural objectThe fingerprints testify the physical actSymbols become Bronze piecesEnter the symbol into your Herbarium
Instructions
- Shape the symbols in wax
- Follow the bronze casting process to make it a sculptural object
- The fingerprints testify the physical act
- Symbols become Bronze pieces
- Enter the symbol into your Herbarium
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Text: The practice of modelling a personal herbarium is a physical, performative act, a personal identification of the symbol in a sculptural tradition of translation by the body.
The practice of modelling a personal herbarium is a physical, performative act, a personal identification of the symbol in a sculptural tradition of translation by the body.
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Text: The olive branch, for example, becomes an Ornamental symbol struck on coins, linked to the political position of strength. Over the centuries and cultures, these symbols have flourished.
The olive branch, for example, becomes an Ornamental symbol struck on coins, linked to the political position of strength. Over the centuries and cultures, these symbols have flourished.
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Text: Some plants and fruit trees are through cultures and times by their contribution, wild or cultivated, closely linked to human history. Around 4000 BC in the Middle East, the first waves of domestication took place: the olive tree, the fig tree, the
Some plants and fruit trees are through cultures and times by their contribution, wild or cultivated, closely linked to human history. Around 4000 BC in the Middle East, the first waves of domestication took place: the olive tree, the fig tree, the date palm, the vine later, the production of oils and wines played a major economic role.