As part of an installation in 2015 Jan Blank used real basalt block in conjunction with a series of photographs and paintings of the sea and the horizon.
These light objects are based on real basalt blocks and are designed by Jan Blank and are all individually handmade of high quality fiberglass, resin and pigment. Every object is unique.
Basalt blocks represent a great symbolic value; it is a very hard, opaque, dark and heavy rock that grows in the same way as transparent diamonds and crystals, which these light objects strongly refer to, because of their light transmittance.
For Jan Blank basalt blocks also represent a symbol of The Netherlands, he grew up near the coast, where basalt blocks form an indispensable part of our dikes; because of their geometric forms, the stones can be laid in a continuous pattern against the underside of the dike, where they protect the embankment against waves and erosion.
The object appears to be solid, heavy and opaque when the light inside is switched off, but when the LED-lamp inside is switched on, the light shines through the pigmented resin, which completely transforms the object.
The corners of the objects are opaque, so that when the lamp is on, there is no light shining through the corners, which strengthens the geometric shape and by which the asymmetrical, three-dimensional pentagons suddenly resembles a mathematical body with geometrical edges.
These light objects are based on real basalt blocks and are designed by Jan Blank and are all individually handmade of high quality fiberglass, resin and pigment. Every object is unique.
Basalt blocks represent a great symbolic value; it is a very hard, opaque, dark and heavy rock that grows in the same way as transparent diamonds and crystals, which these light objects strongly refer to, because of their light transmittance.
For Jan Blank basalt blocks also represent a symbol of The Netherlands, he grew up near the coast, where basalt blocks form an indispensable part of our dikes; because of their geometric forms, the stones can be laid in a continuous pattern against the underside of the dike, where they protect the embankment against waves and erosion.
The object appears to be solid, heavy and opaque when the light inside is switched off, but when the LED-lamp inside is switched on, the light shines through the pigmented resin, which completely transforms the object.
The corners of the objects are opaque, so that when the lamp is on, there is no light shining through the corners, which strengthens the geometric shape and by which the asymmetrical, three-dimensional pentagons suddenly resembles a mathematical body with geometrical edges.
Large lightobject based on the typical traditional Texels sheep barn. Island of Texel 2018
