noun

1.
a white crystalline substance which gives seawater its characteristic taste and is used for seasoning or preserving food.
synonym: sodium chloride

2.
(Chemistry)
Any chemical compound formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, with all or part of the hydrogen of the acid replaced by a metal or other cation.

Salt

/sɔːlt,sɒlt/

Salty Research

By Leonora Bakker

"Giving advice to a stupid man is like giving salt to a squirrel"

"Even an old goat likes to lick salt"

"you are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? it is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and me trampled underfoot." (Matthew 5:13)

Salt in religion

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A random collection of all things salty

Text notes

1 Sifto Salt Mines in Ontario

2 Khewra Salt Mines in Pakistan

3 Prahova Salt Mine in Romania

4 Atacama Salt Flat in Chile

5 Wieliczka Salt Mine in Poland

6 Palibelo Village in Indonesia

7 Danakil Salt Pan in Ethiopia

8 Maras Salt Mine in Peru

9 Asse Salt Mine in Germany

10 Cathedral of Salt in Colombia

Ontario salt mine

Wieliczka Salt Mine in Poland

Atacama Salt Flat in Chile

Himalayan rock salt lamp


improves your health

So they say

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Motoi Yamamoto was born in 1966, Hiroshima. Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art in 1995. Currently residing in Kanazawa. Involving long hours, he draws large-scale patterns including labyrinth and swirls. On last day of exhibition, he destroys installation with audience and returns salt to sea.

Yamamoto started making these works in memory of his sister, who died of brain cancer in 1996. Salt has a special place in the death rituals of Japan, and is often handed out to people at the end of funerals, so they can sprinkle it on themselves to ward off evil. Since 2001, he’s been creating these amazing floor installations by filling a plastic bottle, usually used for machine oil, with white salt and then sprinkling it on the floor.

“I draw with a wish that, through each line, I am led to a memory of my sister. That is always at the bottom of my work. Each cell-like part, to me, is a memory of her that I call up, like a tiff I had with her over a pudding cake she took from the fridge. My wish is to put such tiny episodes together.” (Yamamoto)

Daniel MacDonald

“living crystal beings, frozen in time and filled with light,” (McDonald)

Inspired on the intricate patterns in the geysers yellowstone park.
The project is called "Shio" which means salt (in its purest form) in Japanese.