Sui Jianguo
Dream Stone, 2010
Sandblasted stainless steel
H 23 5/8 x 32 1/4 x 27 1/2 in
Photo: JC Lett
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Dream Stone was born out of a pebble found on the 2010 Shanghai World Expo construction site. The modest stone was digitally scanned, modelled, and enlarged thousands of times, and...
Dream Stone was born out of a pebble found on the 2010 Shanghai World Expo construction site. The modest stone was digitally scanned, modelled, and enlarged thousands of times, and a set of steel plaques was then manufactured, laser cut and assembled, with its overlapping layers forming a honeycomb structure. The finished product is a monumental sculpture that evokes the harmony between nature and the contemporary world, and the metamorphoses enabled by new technology.