Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital slr-2021.

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When a Second Sun

Artist Lauren Fensterstock (American, born 1975)

Date2021

MediumVintage crystal, quartz, obsidian, onyx, hematite, and black glass with wood, tile backer board, and mortar

Dimensions39 × 39 × 7 in. (99.1 × 99.1 × 17.8 cm)

ClassificationsDecorative arts

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number2021.26

On View

On view

DescriptionThis mixed-media artwork is a wall-mounted mosaic sculpture. Its shape looks like a sun, with light rays radiating outward from a circular, concave center. The substructure consists of a flat, solid wood back with scored and folded tile backer board that has been glued and screwed to the wood back. The form was spread with mortar and covered in a mosaic of embedded crystal, quartz, obsidian, onyx, hematite, and black glass pieces cemented into place. Unsanded grout with a glitter additive fills the spaces between the mosaic pieces. All the materials are black in color.