CaCo3 Stoneware | Laura Lyn Janssen & Thomas Vaill

CaC03 | stoneware

Stone is extracted from the earth, carved, cut and assembled to fit a purpose. It cannot be moulded or constructed. Technological progresses allow mankind to design matter itself but could stone be cultivated or grown into a desired shape?

Together with scientists, geologist and craftsmen, this cross-disciplinary design project studied the geological process of petrification in the French region Auvergne, a non-active volcanic area. Over the course of one year, fossils of a new kind have been produced within selected thermo-mineral springs.

Our pieces are priced per day of natural production and each piece is unique.
We design the inner structure of any desired object and let stone grow on it for weeks. The longer the object is left, the thicker and more random the structure becomes.

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Stokroos Foundation has contributed financially to this project .


CaCo3 stoneware