Heart of the Ocean

The high temperatures of Antarctica influenced me to create Heart of the Ocean, considering the melting of a large-scale sheet of ice. Celebrating the beauty of the polar region’s nature, the piece is covered in a veil of shimmering blues and metallic silvers on fiberglass.

An ice sheet is defined as a mass of glacial ice of more than 50,000 square kilometres. According to reports posted by National Geographic, ice sheets store about ninety percent of all fresh water on Earth.

Sea levels have been predicted to rise by 1 meter by the year 2100, although some scientists even arrive to projections of 2.5 meters. Envisioning the ominous consequences set forth for future generations, I stress the importance of preserving this “kingdom of polar ice”, so that the threats of coastal changes, floods and furthering disasters do not become real.