The Amber Archives

I was invited to take part in a unique project this year. The Amber Archives is anannual participatory art project operated by artist John Paul Robinson. Artists of every discipline submit works to be included in the archive, which John thenreproduces on ceramic disks encased in pine resin and sealed in Amber Time Capsules. Yes, you heard right. Time capsules. He calls it the Amber Archives, because it imitatesthe process by which tree resin is fossilized into amber. As written on thewebsite,...