Frozen Moments

Vintage collectibles by artist Geoffrey Rose

Frozen Milk Frozen Coca Cola

Frozen Moments, Geoffrey Rose's line of novelty sculptures, was hatched--by accident—during those salad days in his London apartment.

"The place was a hovel, actually, so cold and drafty that everything would freeze," says the Australian-born artist. "I came home from a trip and found an overturned milk carton. The milk had frozen and formed a bridge on the table. It looked like a white icicle. It was weird."

Thus was launched the idea of showing everyday things pouring, spilling, flowing, gushing. Today his collection of plastic delights includes a breaking egg poised over a bowl, a stream of milk flowing into a cup of black coffee, a can of foaming lager, a melting ice-cream cone, baked beans oozing out of a can.
Today Frozen Moments are relatively hard to come by, especially in good condition. But they can occasionaly be found at a few vintage retailers online and in cities across the US. For true collectors, the hunt is part of the fun! Learn more at the Chicago Tribune

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