These metal sculptures where made by melting a figurative army of tin soldiers, with the liquid tin being submerged into cold water. This is in reference to a divination practice called Molybdomancy. The practice itself is a common New Years tradition in most Nordic and Germanic Nations.
Traditionally, the original metals were just peices of tin (or an alloy immitation), but here the artist melts tin soldiers. This choice is en mass to represent a fortune for a collective rather than a singular person. The artists does this to represent the fragility of freedom and individuality, as groups of individuals become part of a coherent macrocosm. Something that is too prevalent today.
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