Now You See It...Now You Don't.

           I created my ephemeral piece with the intention for my work to be not be at its prime of its initial creation, but however midway through its journey. Initially, I laid out a molded piece of ice of my hand---along with surrounding the molded hand with ice chips. My thoughts were that the ice chips were not meant to be the main creation of my piece, but however the state change that the ice cubes go through in a timely manner was the sheer purpose of their existence. I opted to use a biodegradable thermal changing color powder that I had been donated a year ago, and holding onto with a yearning to find something to use it for. I placed the yellow powder onto my molded hand that would interact with the ice to convert it to red; the purple powder was placed in the oval shapes surrounding the hand that would when interacted with the ice turn blue; and, finally, the bright green powder was placed on the outlying swirls that when the powder came in contact with the ice turned black.            Surprisingly, on a hot summer day, it took around two hours to have the ice fully melt. As the ice began to melt, the powders began to change color and run down the edge of the table---- meeting at a central point off of the edge of the table. Under the table, a bin was placed to catch the falling ‘rainbow-like’ waterfall that would turn into a brown color as it mingles with other colors in the bottom of the basin. Along with the sounds of the car racing in the background, I was able to hear a consistent thump of the water as it drips off the table into the basin---creating a musical cadence.            After the water had dried up, all of the colors remaining on the table, returned back to the powders original color. Below, you will see photographs documenting my process in sequential order. I highly recommend watching the videos to help gain a better understanding of the piece.