Cyparis

2010
23 x 26 x 17 cm (with base wood: 23 x 28.5 x 17 cm). 15 kg
Pâte de verre thermoformed & glazed, hunting stone | private collection

Louis-auguste cyparis (1875-1929), one of the two survivors of the eruption of Mount Pelée which completely destroyed Saint-Pierre, then prefecture of the Martinique, rest in peace in this stone that protected his life.
His skin torn by volcanic ash burn forever will testify.
The mysteries of fate: Why save it, the young undisciplined brawler that was put into a Dungeon to the stone walls?