Drawing Tools is an object made of silver and coal from the old Carbonia mine in Sardinia. This object finds itself in the grey area of being either a piece of jewelry, or a tool, or both. This piece is ephemeral because its charcoal stone will disintegrate with time. The charcoal stays here as a material that allows one to draw, giving this object the function of a tool, but at the same time it works as a memory of a forest, drawing awareness to the period of coal mining in Carbonia and its historical context.
Drawing Tools was made in collaboration with the goldsmith Franco Zedda, during the artist residency SulcisHub in Tratalias, Sardinia, curated by Olga Bachschmidt, with the kind support of BJCEM and the municipality of Tratalias.
The silver was kindly provided by Franco Zedda, Laboratorio Orafo of Iglesias. The coal was kindly provided by the Centro Italiano della Cultura del Carbone and the municipality of Tratalias.
Exhibition view, Tratalias, 2016
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