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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Salt of the Earth: Israeli Artist’s Dead Sea Sculptures

A ballerina dress is submerged in the Dead Sea and encrusted with salt, a project by Israeli artist Sigalit Landau MENAHEM KAHANA AFP

Israeli artist Sigalit Landau wades into the warm, briny waters of the Dead Sea to inspect her latest creations -- everyday objects coated in salt crystals that glisten in the bright morning sun.

The lowest point on Earth is also Landau's studio where she submerges objects -- from a ballet dress to a lampshade's wire frame -- for weeks until they are magically transformed by ice-like layers of salt.

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