Exterior Relief Mould

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This is a mold from an original piece that will soon be available for download and print. AVM Curiosities has created a contemporary sugar sculpture inspired by European architectural heritage. Historically, sugar sculptures were synonymous with luxury and power. Alabaster Ruins combines ancient and modern techniques, using a 17th-century "sugar-plate" recipe alongside 3D printing technology. It brings together fragments of English Tudor, French Gothic, German Baroque, and classical Greek structures. The forms, scanned by MyMiniFactory and cast from the V&A's collection, are transformed into temporary ruins. They highlight the ephemerality and consumption of European culture, and the Museum's need to preserve it. Collecting Europe transports us 2,000 years into the future, inviting us to look back on our present and ask "What is Europe now?" As the debate about Europe's future continues, 12 artists were commissioned to imagine themselves in the year 4017, questioning Europe and European identity. This festival is a collaboration between The V&A, Goethe Institut, and British Council. Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London