Quicksand Bookends
Quicksand Bookends
BY WILDBOD
The “Quicksand Bookend” series developed from a desire to make something practical and useful, with the thought of preservation and the possibility of pausing time by re-“planting” the precious stones back into the earth.
Each bookend is unique: a balancing act of smooth and rough material achieved by using poured concrete — turning the formless, into form — then placing the stones by hand into the wet concrete as it sets, as a means of replacing the organic back into a synthetic replication of the earth they came from. They are sourced from Kim’s personal collection via the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show, which Kim habitually attended for several years in the mid 2000s.
Item Details
Stilbite (Gray) — Uplifting Mental Clarity.
5”L x 5”W x 6”H; approx. 5 lbs
Quartz (Gray 1) — Brings Balance.
5”L x 5.5”W x 5”H; approx. 5 lbs
Quartz (Gray 2) — Brings Balance.
5”L x 5.5”W x 5”H; approx. 5 lbs
Quartz (Blue with Ochre & Gray swirl) — Brings Balance.
5”L x 5.5”W x 5”H; approx. 5 lbs
Quartz (Ochre with Blue & Gray swirl) — Brings Balance.
5”L x 5.5”W x 5”H; approx. 5 lbs
Cavansite on Stilbite (Gray) — Promotes Intuition & Creativity.
5”L x 4.25”W x 6”H; approx. 5 lbs
*Please note: each purchase includes one quicksand bookend.
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About Wildbod
WILDBOD (short for Wilderness Bodies) was formed out of the interdisciplinary art practice of Kim Mullis, a New York City-based artist who is interested in using common materials in unusual ways.
A graduate of The Cooper Union’s School of Art, Kim grew up in Central Florida, where a childhood obsession with fossils, shark’s teeth, shells, and geodes led to a fascination with the relationship between unearthed natural treasures and manmade detritus. In their work, they seek to recover the discarded, the lost or thrown away — trash — as modern artifacts, and explore its juxtaposition to the organic. With a strong focus on notions of time and process, Kim makes objects as a means of experimenting with how materials react and respond to one another.
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