Smoke-Particle Photogram Drawing 009 Featured But in themselves

But in themselves

This unique black chawan was carved by hand out of 1kg of clay

The gold detail on the cup is actual gold

signed and dated

The drawings are unique pieces I create in various places and at different times

Smoke-Particle Photogram Drawing 009 Featured But in themselvesEach 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