Angela Palmer British, b. 1957
Tower of Time, 2023
Sixteen stone blocks rising from a base of Lewisian Gneiss, circa 3 billion years, Isle of Barra topped with stainless steel
240 x 16 x 16 cm
94 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in
Base: 20 x 60 x 60 cm
Total height: 259 cm
94 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in
Base: 20 x 60 x 60 cm
Total height: 259 cm
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Angela Palmer's 'Tower of Time' represents our global history on earth as well as the complete geological time-travel of the United Kingdom as we know it today. From the 3...
Angela Palmer's 'Tower of Time' represents our global history on earth as well as the complete geological time-travel of the United Kingdom as we know it today. From the 3 billion year old Lewisian Gneiss base from Barra in the Outer Hebrides, sixteen stones rise that represent each geological period, carefully sourced from quarries the length and breadth of the UK and with stones representing each nation.
After the Gneiss base the tower commences with the 2.5 billion year old White Anorthosite from Harris, then 1 billion year old Torridonian; Green Schist from Argyllshire; Blue Hills from Dufftown, Achovie from Rothiemay; Park Granite from Morayshire, then old red Sandstone from the Welsh borders. This is followed by Mandrake Limestone from Derbyshire, de Lank granite from Cornwall; Aeolian Sandstone from Scotland, Blue Lias limestone from Somerset; Portland stone and Purbeck from Dorset. The penultimate stone is Basalt from near Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland with the final one a glacial boulder deposited near Inverness any time from 10,500 - 2.5 million years ago. Finally the tower is topped by a mirrored steel element in which the viewer can see their refection and represents the 'hand of man' the Anthropocene.
After the Gneiss base the tower commences with the 2.5 billion year old White Anorthosite from Harris, then 1 billion year old Torridonian; Green Schist from Argyllshire; Blue Hills from Dufftown, Achovie from Rothiemay; Park Granite from Morayshire, then old red Sandstone from the Welsh borders. This is followed by Mandrake Limestone from Derbyshire, de Lank granite from Cornwall; Aeolian Sandstone from Scotland, Blue Lias limestone from Somerset; Portland stone and Purbeck from Dorset. The penultimate stone is Basalt from near Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland with the final one a glacial boulder deposited near Inverness any time from 10,500 - 2.5 million years ago. Finally the tower is topped by a mirrored steel element in which the viewer can see their refection and represents the 'hand of man' the Anthropocene.
