Between my fascination with rocks and my adoration of all things glass, the mesmerizing mixed-media sculptures by Ramon Todo have me drooling! I have never seen a more successful marriage of wildly-different materials. The contrast between the perfectly-polished glass and the roughness of the rocks brings out the best in both. Working mostly with recycled and found materials, the Tokyo-based artist glams up everything from coal waste to hunks of polished lapis lazuli or marble to chunks of demolished buildings. He even made a few pieces from rubble from the Berlin Wall!
“I use the rocks, debris, Bota (stone similar to coal) for my works believing they have such memories inside. I used the glasses as material in the middle to peek into the time and the history of inside the rocks.”
– Ramon Todo interview with Art Front Gallery
In another series, Todo replaces the pages of vintage books with the same crystal-clear glass. I find both projects equally compelling.
You can see more of Ramon Todo’s fascinating work on Artsy and the Art Front Gallery website.
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April 10, 2023 at 9:55 am
Interesting. I especially like the books.
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April 11, 2023 at 3:48 pm
They’re so dreamy!
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April 10, 2023 at 11:11 am
Ooooh! I love these so much. As an avid reader and Lit grad, I thought my favourites would be the books; however, I love the rocks so much. The juxtaposition of the rough texture of the natural rocks and their matte surface and the glossy transparency of the manmade glass is just wonderful.
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April 11, 2023 at 3:48 pm
I love it all!
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April 10, 2023 at 12:10 pm
I think I’m more of a wood-and-resin kinda person, but these are really cool
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April 11, 2023 at 3:50 pm
I love wood and resin, too!
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