Amadou has been used for fire-making for thousands of years, for it holds coal well. Even Ötzi the Iceman carried Fomes fomentarius with him. Local people of Transylvania habitually burn pieces of Amadou because of its sedative effects on insects and wild animals.
Tantar is a symbolic piece of jewellery hosting a container where shreds of polypore can be burnt to repel insects.
Tantar is part of the project We Grew Together.
Porcelain, brass
2019