Formed by the water erosion of the marble and less robust calcium carbonate deposits, the shapes are amazing, with a remarkably small amount of rock still holding up the tower above. It will all collapse one day - you just have to hope you're not the unlucky one...
Gratuitous photos of me in a wetsuit, it's alright, there's only one!
The thing that I found interesting was that the marble wasn't eroded smooth, it was all covered in these beautifully smooth dimples, which seemed to reflect the small waves on the otherwise remarkably still water (given the size of the lake).
It also reminded me of the below, a bottle fashioned out of Italian marble by Andrea Morgante for The House of Peroni last year. It was always my favourite design in the bottle project, because rather than using a very polished finish he created a finish where you could still see the effects of the craftsmanship.
So, basically, I was sat in a canoe on a Chilean (and Argentinian) lake, in a wetsuit, under thousands of tonnes of marble, thinking about beer...
[click image or here for more on the bottle, over 18's only]
