Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Cracked/Cracked

I have been collecting photos of cracks for a long time.
So I decided it was time to give them an airing!

I really only know two things about cracks.
1) if the material is soft, the cracklings tend towards 120 degrees.

2) if the material is hard, the cracking tends towards 90 degrees.

That's some kind of natural law & I love it.

So here goes.....

 lava pillows...


                                      really old glacial scraping cracks inhabited by moss...


totally fake cracks!

more than a crack... a smash!







 





                                            tundra cracks on a pingo
 

.... maybe these two don't count...



 In the one below most of the lines come together in 3s, suggesting softness of the mud material...you see these kinds of lines a lot from the air.

Pillows of ash from volcanic activity
 

... this below is almost like the classic ceramic crack-glaze... so squared off...
 cloth... the wax cracked... & let some dye through....




 ...classic mud/clay...

 

That's it for now.