Smoke-Particle Photogram Drawing 007 Art A1 in size

A1 in size

The green shimmer on the surface of the of the object was created by melted copper

I play with the emotion of the sky we rarely see and also with the interpretation of a colour first given a name at the beginning of the 20th century

Signed and stamped on verso

Original work on paper

Smoke-Particle Photogram Drawing 007 Art A1 in sizeEach 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