![What is to give light must endure burning. -Frankl](https://i1.wp.com/jeffderose.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/What-is-to-give-light-must-endure-burning.-Frankl.jpg?w=287&h=287&crop=1&ssl=1)
What is to give light must endure burning. -Frankl
![O ye, who are twofold within one fire. -Dante](https://i2.wp.com/jeffderose.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/O-ye-who-are-twofold-within-one-fire.-Dante.jpg?w=287&h=287&crop=1&ssl=1)
O ye, who are twofold within one fire. -Dante
![I bring forth from my burning bosom myriads of flames. -Blake](https://i2.wp.com/jeffderose.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/I-bring-forth-from-my-burning-bosom-myriads-of-flames.-Blake.jpg?w=287&h=287&crop=1&ssl=1)
I bring forth from my burning bosom myriads of flames. -Blake
![What demon hath formed this abominal void, this soul shuddering vacuum? -Blake](https://i1.wp.com/jeffderose.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/What-demon-hath-formed-this-abominal-void-this-soul-shuddering-vacuum-Blake.jpg?w=287&h=287&crop=1&ssl=1)
What demon hath formed this abominal void, this soul shuddering vacuum? -Blake
![The beauty of flames lies in their strange play, beyond all proportion and harmony. -Cioran](https://i0.wp.com/jeffderose.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/The-beauty-of-flames-lies-in-their-strange-play-beyond-all-proportion-and-harmony.-Cioran.jpg?w=287&h=287&crop=1&ssl=1)
The beauty of flames lies in their strange play, beyond all proportion and harmony. -Cioran
![Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from the eternal. -Dante](https://i1.wp.com/jeffderose.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Heat-cannot-be-separated-from-fire-or-beauty-from-the-eternal.-Dante.jpg?w=287&h=287&crop=1&ssl=1)
Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from the eternal. -Dante
![Terrible as the lightning he descended, and snatched me upward even to the fire. -Dante](https://i0.wp.com/jeffderose.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Terrible-as-the-lightning-he-descended-and-snatched-me-upward-even-to-the-fire.-Dante.jpg?w=287&h=287&crop=1&ssl=1)
Terrible as the lightning he descended, and snatched me upward even to the fire. -Dante
![Envy, arrogance and avarice are the three sparks that have all hearts enkindled. -Dante](https://i1.wp.com/jeffderose.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Envy-arrogance-and-avarice-are-the-three-sparks-that-have-all-hearts-enkindled.-Dante.jpg?w=287&h=287&crop=1&ssl=1)
Envy, arrogance and avarice are the three sparks that have all hearts enkindled. -Dante
![Fire thats closest kept burns most of all. -Shakespeare](https://i0.wp.com/jeffderose.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Fire-thats-closest-kept-burns-most-of-all.-Shakespeare.jpg?w=287&h=287&crop=1&ssl=1)
Fire thats closest kept burns most of all. -Shakespeare
![I know the traces of the ancient flame -dante](https://i0.wp.com/jeffderose.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/I-know-the-traces-of-the-ancient-flame.-Dante.jpg?w=287&h=287&crop=1&ssl=1)
I know the traces of the ancient flame -dante
![Everything in eternity shines by its own internal light. -Blake](https://i2.wp.com/jeffderose.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Everything-in-eternity-shines-by-its-own-internal-light.-Blake.jpg?w=287&h=287&crop=1&ssl=1)
Everything in eternity shines by its own internal light. -Blake
![The fiery limbs, the flamming hair, shot like the sinking sun into the western sea. -Blake](https://i2.wp.com/jeffderose.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/The-fiery-limbs-the-flamming-hair-shot-like-the-sinking-sun-into-the-western-sea.-Blake.jpg?w=287&h=287&crop=1&ssl=1)
The fiery limbs, the flamming hair, shot like the sinking sun into the western sea. -Blake
Immolation – 2006
These figures are initially sculpted out of clay, from which I create a negative silicon mold.
The positive form is created by combining charcoal with various flammable materials.
I photograph the sculpture as it is consumed by fire. No Photoshop filters were employed during the development of the image.
The colors, sparks etc… are a result of the materials interacting with the flame.