An alembic is an early scientific apparatus used in alchemy to transmute base elements into gold. In this particular work, the vessel is seen floating on and within the surface of a watery essence supported by the interactions of the planets. The body of the vessel itself is formed by the turnings of the moon through its various phases. Secretly, a sun supports the work and with its rays effects the final transformation. The alembic normally produces a refined distillate but in this case, what emerges from the "stack" is an effulgent "vapor" of neon light. Neon, by its very nature, would seem to have alchemical properties and in this sculpture is presented as the resultant action of the process.

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