Hybrid Speciation No. II London 2021/2022
Bronze on black stone. Signed and numbered edition of 12. + 3 Épreuve d’artiste (E.A.)
Foundry Perseo SA, Fonderie d’art, Mendrisio, Switzerland. 

Editor: Mollbrinks

Hybrid Speciation ― The hybridization between two or more distinct lineages that contributes to the origin of a new species – (Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology)

London used to be a very industrial and dirty metropolis. To me, the history of the city echoes in the old buildings and the roughness of the place can still be felt everywhere. I wanted to give this sculpture the feeling of being made of clay and metal, forged in coal fired ovens of the Victorian era and then lost only to be found again much later. Like a piece of history that has been dragged out of the river Thames itself.