stone stories, 2016
On the bottom surface of the glaciers that formed the Canadian Prairies, the interface between ice and ground, were large stones that served as the grit (as in sandpaper) that did the work of scraping. These stones were worn down by their, ofter thousands of years, journey; leaving a history of that journey etched on the surface exposed to the ground.
When the glaciers melted the stones were deposited along their final trail. These stone surfaces are flat and mimic the relief surface of a printing plate (as in woodcut and intaglio). A technique was devised to record the surface in a paper print. These stones are ubiquitous in the area around Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. These prints were made in situ capturing the relief as it exists today.
