Artist/sculptor Caroline has created an installation especially for Grand Design Live. It is called Grains and Chains: An Act of Measured Material. It asserts that sand is the second-most used resource on Earth, after water, and the bedrock of human construction. And protests that the world is running out of sand, with humans to blame. Caroline has built a “chain” of linked images and text protesting the impact of sand depletion on landscape and habitats, and other knock-on environmental effects. It measures 66 feet, the length of a historic Gunter ’s chain. This old-established surveyor’s tool dates back to around 1620 and was used to measure out not only the British Empire, but also the American wilderness and early settlements. It has 100 links, usually marked off into groups of 10 by brass rings or tags. It has left a permanent imprint on the way land is measured and divided in the United Kingdom and America. Thus 1 rod = ¼ chain or 16.5 feet; 1 furlong = 10 chains or 660 feet; 1 mile = 80 chains or 5,280 feet; 1 acre = 10 square chains or 43,560 square feet. Caroline has an MA Jewellery and Metal from Royal College of Art.

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