Spanish Metalwork Mould

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This is an original piece that will soon be available for download and printing as a mould. AVM Curiosities have created a contemporary sugar sculpture inspired by European architectural heritage. Historically, sugar sculptures were synonymous with luxury and power. Alabaster Ruins combines ancient techniques with modern methods, using a 17th-century recipe alongside 3D printing technology to bring together fragments of English Tudor, French Gothic, German Baroque and classical Greek structures. The forms are scanned by MyMiniFactory and cast from the V&A’s collection, transformed into transient ruins that highlight the ephemerality and consumption of European culture and the Museum's urge to preserve it. Collecting Europe transports us 2,000 years into the future and invites us to look back on our present, posing the question 'What is Europe now?' As the debate about the future of Europe continues, 12 artists are commissioned to imagine themselves in the year 4017 to question 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.