Smoke-Particle Photogram Drawing 012 drawing signed and dated

signed and dated

the focus is set so that the viewer might experience moments of the artwork being more-dimensional and moving

a renewed relationship with your own creative process

Materials and details

Both the pigeon and I were on the edge of things

Smoke-Particle Photogram Drawing 012 drawing signed and datedEach piece begins as a watercolour drawing, then is exposed to rising smoke from a kerosene flame. The soot, or 300 year old particles, reaches the paper through a second, sacrificial drawing that has been cut out. This intermediary sheet is slowly destroyed in the process, leaving only its traces and shadows. Soot and combustion particles settle directly onto the watercolour and grow a smoky drawing over the colour beneath, a kind of particle