Crystal Bubbles

€100.00

Crystal Bubbles examines the tension between fragility and permanence. The work brings together two opposing structural conditions: the bubble, defined by instability and transience, and the crystal, defined by order and persistence.

Rather than resolving this opposition, the piece positions it as a shared boundary. Both forms depend on precise conditions—balance, pressure, and structure—through which they momentarily stabilize. What appears durable is contingent; what appears fleeting is structured.

The work frames this intersection as a model for larger systems. Stability is not absolute, but emerges from configurations that remain vulnerable to disruption. Form persists only as long as the conditions that sustain it are maintained.

Crystal Bubbles isolates this condition as a broader principle: that permanence and fragility are not opposites, but interdependent states within the same structural field.

DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS

This photopolymer intaglio etching is hand pulled in a limited edition of 6 copies on 300 gram Hahnemuller etching paper. Plate size: 17.6 cm x 24.3 cm (6.9 X 9.6 inches) paper size: ~30 cm x 40 cm (~12 X 16 inches). Each print is numbered and signed and sold without a frame.

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Publication Date: September 4, 2025
Print Size: 17,6 x 24,3cm
Paper Size: 30 x 40cm
Composition No.: 33


Crystal Bubbles examines the tension between fragility and permanence. The work brings together two opposing structural conditions: the bubble, defined by instability and transience, and the crystal, defined by order and persistence.

Rather than resolving this opposition, the piece positions it as a shared boundary. Both forms depend on precise conditions—balance, pressure, and structure—through which they momentarily stabilize. What appears durable is contingent; what appears fleeting is structured.

The work frames this intersection as a model for larger systems. Stability is not absolute, but emerges from configurations that remain vulnerable to disruption. Form persists only as long as the conditions that sustain it are maintained.

Crystal Bubbles isolates this condition as a broader principle: that permanence and fragility are not opposites, but interdependent states within the same structural field.

DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS

This photopolymer intaglio etching is hand pulled in a limited edition of 6 copies on 300 gram Hahnemuller etching paper. Plate size: 17.6 cm x 24.3 cm (6.9 X 9.6 inches) paper size: ~30 cm x 40 cm (~12 X 16 inches). Each print is numbered and signed and sold without a frame.

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Publication Date: September 4, 2025
Print Size: 17,6 x 24,3cm
Paper Size: 30 x 40cm
Composition No.: 33