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Future Relics

Recently, I needed to enlarge a drainage channel near my house. The job was done with river rock, smooth stones that can be laid out to resemble a natural stream bed. I began to work with the extra stones, to make spirals and other shapes in my garden. While working and considering the permanence of stone, I thought about the ephemerality of the modern world. Trails of existence, written in light. Our documents, our photos, so subject to error, so likely to vanish. I brought some of the stones into my studio and carved into them these symbols of temporary modernity. I thought about some future archaeologist sifting through our rubble and finding one of these carved stones, long after the reasons for them have ceased to exist.

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  1. Future Relics No. 16: The Indalo by Pat Borow, Image 1.

    Future Relics No. 16: The Indalo

    Sandstone, charcoal and ground hemitate pigment

    3.75 x 2.75 x 0.5 in (9.53 x 6.99 x 1.27 cm)

    $95

  2. Future Relic No. 7 by Pat Borow, Image 1.

    Future Relic No. 7

    Sandstone, charcoal

    4.75 x 7 x 1.5 in (12.07 x 17.78 x 3.81 cm)

    $100

  3. Future Relic No. 4 by Pat Borow, Image 1.

    Future Relic No. 4

    Sandstone,

    5 x 6 x 2 in (12.7 x 15.24 x 5.08 cm)

    $100

  4. Future Relic No. 1 by Pat Borow, Image 1.

    Future Relic No. 1

    Limestone, charcoal

    2.75 x 3 x 1 in (6.99 x 7.62 x 2.54 cm)