Lot's Wife

Inbal Yarkoney – Lot's Wife

In the Bible, Lot's family fled Sodom without looking back, but Lot's wife disobeyed and turned into a pillar of salt. Historic Sodom was located near the Dead Sea, a mineral salt lake in the heart of the Judean Desert. In Israel, salt is a waste byproduct of mineral mining in the Dead Sea. Desalination all over the world has the same issue. These processes are harmful to marine life. Despite this, salt is a beautiful, purifying material that can be completely recycled. We can transform industrial surpluses into various products. Lot's Wife explores different ways of processing salt: boiling, pressing, and crystallization. Pressing was the most promising method. Modular salt blocks were created to form the lamp as an abstraction emphasizing Lot’s wife’s movement as she is turning back.

Diploma project (2024)

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