Wavecast

Plaster, aluminum, Plexiglas, and water
9″ x 9″, height varied from 2″ – 9″
1998

Plaster tiles were cast directly upon the sand of various Nova Scotia beaches. As the negatives, the casts were actually casts of the waves that left the ripples on the beach. I then used the plaster casts to make aluminum casts, a further solidification/visualization of the original wave formation. The tiles sat on Plexiglas boxes whose heights varied to reference topography. One box contained water. I was interested in how wave forms make themselves visible in the media they interact with. In this case, wave forms represent their movement by leaving 3D drawings in the sand. I was further interested in how the casts represent the echo of the waves, which can only ever be partially seen.

Photo credit: David Green