All images are from the beautiful blog Mar de color rosa.

Gitte Nygaard writes about her work: ”
Been there – done what
to Binchotan and Black
It’s rather thought provoking that minerals which all belong to the 6C carbon atom group, within the periodic table, end up in the hands of the most decadent and the most poor. I’m of course referring to carbon-containing minerals such as coal and diamonds. Wherever these minerals are mined, and or fabricated, it’s often at the cost of great ecological and humanitarian detriment.
Sometimes, it takes another man’s song to get you on …

Gitte Nygaard writes about her work: ”
To Binchotan and Black, is a series of experiments with the material Binchotan, also known as purifying white charcoal.
Working with a material in its most unadulterated form, with a minimum of manipulations and added elements, the aim
is a raw and almost unprocessed outcome.
Binchotan originates from Japan and is manufactured by a centuries old tradition, which takes sustainability in production
into account. Binchotan is basically carbonized Oakwood, and the stems and branches are harvested without harming the
tree’s root structure. Unlike commonly known black charcoal, the burning …

Here you find her website.

When I saw the work by Mari Ishikawa I became so inspired.
The above pieces of work are part of the exhibition “Parallel Worlds” in Wasserschloss Klaffenbach in  Chemnitz, Germany (28 May – 3 July 2011). If I lived a little closer I would defenitely go and see the exhibition.
She writes about the exhibition:
Where does a “Parallel World“ exist.
In a different universe?
Can one discover this world through time travel?
Is it perhaps possible to see this world in a dream?
Or does it only exist in one’s heart?
The world we see is only …