and there was an exhibit by an artist who used meteorites in her work. Or claimed to. What she did, apparently, was heat an iron meteorite in an oven until it was "red hot" (must have a HECK of an oven!) and then place it on maps to burn areas of them away, making crisp-edged artificial "craters" in cities and towns... I *think* the idea was to mimic the destruction of the said city or town by a meteorite in a "graphical way everyone could appreciate"... or she could just have been taking the ****, I'm not sure. Either way, a typical "work" (an A4 sized map with a 1" hole burned into it) was selling for a LOT of money.
Stuart,
these "meteorite maps" are the work of artist Cornelia Parker.
She used a genuine iron meteorite to burn impact craters on specific map locations....the Millenium Dome, Buckingham Palace, Houses of Parliament, you get the idea.
It's been several years since I sold her the meteorite, but I'm pretty sure that it was a Henbury (IIIAB).
Here's a web page interview which explains her interest in meteorites in art.....
http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/T/turner/CorneliaParker.htm
Click on the link "Relevance".
Cheers,
Rob Elliott
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