Salts crystals are produced through the evaporation–intentional or not–of mineral rich waters, leaving behind crystals as memory, artifact, rubble, and food. In this workshop, salt becomes both a critical material that artists can use to create stunning rocky textures and a way of thinking about the world. Salt is a means and a metaphor for the environment, how materials become historical, and the afterlife of objects.
Chilean-American artist Diego Borgsdorf Fuenzalida will provide an overview of his experimentation with “salt sculpture” with textiles–teaching his method and approach to salt as a technique that produces memory, especially in the salt-producing flatlands of South America.
Participants will learn about the chemistry and history of crystallization before creating textile samples, brines that produce vastly different crystal outcomes, and a small salt sculpture to take home.
Fee:
Community $32
General $43
Supporter $53