On this day, in 2022 and 2021.
A nice look at some #Rapakivi granite. 😎
Having a beer 🤗 in a very tourist overrun 😬 place. Arriving home with a gorgeous sky filled with #noctilucent clouds. 😮

‘Mineral Fold’ (2023) is a small sculpture I made with deconstructed rapakivi granite. Fired to 1280°C, some minerals are still intact while others have slightly melted.

#rapakivi #granite #sculpture

Rapakivi granite as found in Kirkkonummi, Finland.

Rapakivi granite after having been fired to 1000°C in a kiln.

A favourite to work with: Rapakivi granite.

“Rapakivi is a Finnish compound of "rapa" (meaning "mud" or "sand", while rapautua means "to erode") and "kivi" (meaning "rock"), because (..) exposed rapakivi crumbles easily into sand”

I fire the rock to 1000°C before using it.

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Ich mag die Namen dieser Gesteien so gern: #Rapakivi und #Larvikit. Die Eiszeit hat solche exotischen nordischen Gesteine des Fennoskandischen Schilds (die Landmasse Skandinavien) auch bis zu uns gebracht, gerade am #Ostseestrand kann man sie finden