Stone Column Relief Mould

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This mould is from an original piece that will soon be available for download and print. AVM Curiosities has created a modern sugar sculpture that draws inspiration from European architectural heritage. Historically, sugar sculptures were associated with luxury and power. Alabaster Ruins combines old and new techniques, using a 17th-century 'sugar-plate' recipe along with 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 fleeting ruins. They point to the impermanence and consumption of European culture, and the Museum's drive to preserve it. Collecting Europe transports us 2,000 years into the future and invites us to look back on our present and pose the question 'What is Europe now?' As the debate about the future of Europe continues, 12 artists were 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