Smoke-Particle Photogram Drawing 002 ceramics The work asks more questions

The work asks more questions than it answers

Many of the photographs used to train the AI are on display in the upper floor

The paints used for the printing process are all prepared only for this specific print run

This unique Nerikomi Agate Ware was hand carved using the Kurinuki technique I learned from Kyoshitsu Sasaki

This unique cup was hand carved out of 250g of clay

Smoke-Particle Photogram Drawing 002 ceramics The work asks more questionsEach 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