Jim Bove
Washington, Pennsylvania
Twenty Tons of Love
Found object, 24k gold leaf, clay and 18k gold wedding band
In my research I found that the average 18-karat gold wedding band leaves behind 20 tons of pollutes mining waste with strip mines producing 8 to 10 times the waste of underground mining. The toy truck I used is a model of a 20 ton truck used in the strip mining process. The gold leaf used in the project was donated and the wedding band was created using reclaimed gold.
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