Stalagmite(for Nicolas Steno)

Stalagmite(for Nicolas Steno)

Hundreds of hours of prayer candle wax build up into a stalagmite to engulf a Bible. The act of devotion obscures the object of devotion. Concurrently, the history of the activity is recorded in the layers of wax. Nicolas Steno was a Catholic priest in the 17th century and is the father of Stratigraphy.