Every Snowflake is a Hexagon and Entropic Properties of Printing with Ice, (162 x 176cm each) explored the subject of entropy and structure of ice in a form of layered unique ice and serigraphic prints. 

The project validated ice-printing as a print-making production method of contemporary artworks. This aim was achieved through two objectives – firstly, the production of unique ice-prints and secondly, research into the complex geometric and mathematical forms of the scientific representation of entropy, which is inseparable from the process of ice printing. In physics, the ice-melting process serves as an example of entropy, considered as a system proceeding from order to disorder. In his essay Entropy and New Monuments, Robert Smithson summarised entropy as a physical property of energy exchange (as in the 2^nd Law of Thermodynamics) and that ‘energy is more easily lost than obtained, and that in the ultimate future the whole universe will burn out and be transformed into an all-encompassing sameness.’

The dynamic properties of ice are inherent in its physical structure. Ice is constrained by the hexagonal structure of the geometric distribution of water molecules within its crystalline unit cells. In conjunction with the fluidity of the new language of the ice printing, the project also sought to develop geometric graphic patterns for the representation of these distinct structures. Scientific drawings of entropy were deployed together with Topology (mathematical study of shapes). In the course of this project, knowledge from Applied Geometry was explored through a drawing research residency at the Alhambra Monument.

The project leverages the science-art relationship by establishing direct links between matter and abstract ideas. It also contributes to the rethinking of the value of unique printing in contrast to conventional printmaking methods.

Both works were selected for the competition: International Print Triennial Exhibition – Falun 2016/17

Two exhibition venues: Dalarna Museum, Falun and Smedjebacken; Dalarna Museum – a major Swedish national museum of print art.

Exhibition date: 10th Dec 2016 – 23rd April 2017

Digital catalogue in English and Swedish, ISBN Number: ISBN 978-91-87719-20-2