[meteorite-list] Martian Meteorite on Saturday Night Live
From: FERNLEA4_at_aol.com <FERNLEA4_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:35 2004 Message-ID: <1db.b4f3670.2c15c49e_at_aol.com> --part1_1db.b4f3670.2c15c49e_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 09/06/03 05:31:08 GMT Daylight Time, STUARTATK_at_aol.com writes: > and there was an exhibit by an artist who used meteorites in her work. Or > claimed to. What she did, apparently, was heat an iron meteorite in an oven > until it was "red hot" (must have a HECK of an oven!) and then place it on maps > to burn areas of them away, making crisp-edged artificial "craters" in > cities and towns... I *think* the idea was to mimic the destruction of the said > city or town by a meteorite in a "graphical way everyone could appreciate"... > or she could just have been taking the ****, I'm not sure. Either way, a > typical "work" (an A4 sized map with a 1" hole burned into it) was selling for a > LOT of money. Stuart, these "meteorite maps" are the work of artist Cornelia Parker. She used a genuine iron meteorite to burn impact craters on specific map locations....the Millenium Dome, Buckingham Palace, Houses of Parliament, you get the idea. It's been several years since I sold her the meteorite, but I'm pretty sure that it was a Henbury (IIIAB). Here's a web page interview which explains her interest in meteorites in art..... <A HREF="http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/T/turner/CorneliaParker.htm">http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/T/turner/CorneliaParker.htm</A> Click on the link "Relevance". Cheers, Rob Elliott www.meteorites.uk.com Fernlea Meteorites, The Wynd, Off Dickson Lane, Milton of Balgonie, Fife. KY7 6PY United Kingdom Tel: +44-(0)1592-751563 Fax: +44-(0)1592-751991 Mobile: 07909-773929 Email: fernlea4_at_aol.com --part1_1db.b4f3670.2c15c49e_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE= =3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">In a message dated 09/06/03 05:31:08 GMT Daylight Time= , STUARTATK_at_aol.com writes:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3DCITE style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">and there was an exhibit by an=20= artist who used meteorites in her work. Or claimed to. What she did, apparen= tly, was heat an iron meteorite in an oven until it was "red hot" (must have= a HECK of an oven!) and then place it on maps to burn areas of them away, m= aking crisp-edged artificial "craters" in cities and towns... I *think* the=20= idea was to mimic the destruction of the said city or town by a meteorite in= a "graphical way everyone could appreciate"... or she could just have been=20= taking the ****, I'm not sure. Either way, a typical "work" (an A4 sized map= with a 1" hole burned into it) was selling for a LOT of money.</BLOCKQUOTE>= </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3= FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2= FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR> Stuart,<BR> these "meteorite maps" are the work of artist Cornelia Parker.<BR> She used a genuine iron meteorite to burn impact craters on specific map loc= ations....the Millenium Dome, Buckingham Palace, Houses of Parliament, you g= et the idea.<BR> It's been several years since I sold her the meteorite, but I'm pretty sure=20= that it was a Henbury (IIIAB).<BR> <BR> Here's a web page interview which explains her interest in meteorites in art= .....<BR> <A HREF=3D"http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/T/turner/CorneliaParke= r.htm">http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/T/turner/CorneliaParker.ht= m</A><BR> Click on the link "Relevance".<BR> <BR> Cheers,<BR> Rob Elliott<BR> www.meteorites.uk.com<BR> Fernlea Meteorites,<BR> The Wynd,<BR> Off Dickson Lane,<BR> Milton of Balgonie,<BR> Fife. KY7 6PY<BR> United Kingdom<BR> Tel: +44-(0)1592-751563<BR> Fax: +44-(0)1592-751991<BR> Mobile: 07909-773929<BR> Email: fernlea4_at_aol.com</FONT></HTML> --part1_1db.b4f3670.2c15c49e_boundary-- Received on Mon 09 Jun 2003 07:08:14 AM PDT |
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