British artist Paul Hazelton makes sculptures from household dust.


Pictured above is one example entitled “Moth-er”, measuring about 4 by 5 centimeters. Hazelton writes:

As I work the dirt towards the immaculate and the immaculate towards the dirt, creation moves towards non-existence. It is here, where material almost becomes immaterial, that the immaculate and degenerate become one and the same. For in time, the dust settles and cleanliness gives way to degeneration – The muddle of youth slowly turns to the mud of old age and the soul returns to the soil.

For Picasso, who in later life suffered a morbid fear of degeneration and death, Art was to wash away from the soul, the dust of everyday life. Perhaps I have a morbid fascination, but I seem unable to separate the innocence of youth with the corruption that comes with age. The result is something quite fragile that dissolves from life.

You would love to watch some of his masterpieces  :happy: