These are the preliminary works leading to the Profiles in Ice paintings.

 

They are composed of three layers: 

 

1. Topo map of frozen landscape.

2. Constellation and its boundary. *

3. Fading iceberg.

 

*  In 1930 the International Astronomical Union officially listed 88 constellations and drew a boundary around each. The boundary edges meet, mapping the imaginary sphere — the celestial sphere — surrounding Earth into 88 pieces. 

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This resulted in a strange jigsaw puzzle encircling the Earth. 

An astronomical mosaic over our heads;

providing a snapshot of time as they pass above.