Crystal Candlestick, Glacier
A dark blue grey, the color of wet slate after rain, paler at the edges where the crystals thinned and turned almost clear.
Grown, not cut. Isaac Monte dissolves five to seven minerals in boiling water in a large metal tank, suspends a form in the solution and lets the tank cool. Over the following weeks the minerals come out of the water and grow onto it. Nothing is glued and nothing is carved. The crystal is the object.
The color comes from which minerals went into the tank, and the texture from how fast the water gave them up. Where the surface is coarse and faceted the crystals grew slowly; where it runs fine and dense they grew fast.
About five inches tall, sized for a standard taper, about one inch in diameter. Light behaves differently in crystal than in glass. Less reflection, more refraction, and the facets catch the flame at every angle.
He sets the chemistry, the temperature and the timing. The tank decides the rest. This is the only Slate candlestick.
One on a console reads as sculpture. Two on a holiday table reads as an evening. For the friend whose taste runs singular, the collector, the registry that wants art instead of a place setting.
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