The term 'slaty cleavage' refers to the miniscule layers of grain that occur in rock under intense levels of heat and pressure. It's this geological phenomenon that provides the inspiration — and the title — for a brand new installation at Chapter House Lane.
Created by Melbourne-based artist Isadora Vaughan, Slaty Cleavage sets out to explore the parallels between the natural world and everyday handmade objects. Vaughan's installation will consist of enamel on copper displayed in the middle window of the gallery.
Over the course of the month-long exhibition, the work will be subject to various environmental changes, causing it to warp, buckle and blister — shifting and expanding on a molecular level until it resembles something entirely new.
Image: Isadora Vaughan, Doing Mass, Matter Action, 2013.