Burnt Objects
During a six week residency at Frans Masereel Centrum in Belgium, I continued to explore the possibilities of using found objects within a printmaking context. I wanted to try burning the objects I had found and reduce them first to charcoal and then to a fine ash by grinding the pieces in a pestle and mortar. I then used this ash, or ink, to make a series of prints that correspond to each object.
These works relate to my wider artistic practice as I am interested in the relationship between form and function. By physically breaking down the forms of these objects, reducing them to their raw parts or materials, I can then reconfigure them within an artistic framework so that they take on new identities. They are elevated from utilitarian objects on the floor to pieces of art on the wall, and I hope through this transformation the viewer can see the forms and materials from a new perspective.
During a six week residency at Frans Masereel Centrum in Belgium, I continued to explore the possibilities of using found objects within a printmaking context. I wanted to try burning the objects I had found and reduce them first to charcoal and then to a fine ash by grinding the pieces in a pestle and mortar. I then used this ash, or ink, to make a series of prints that correspond to each object.
These works relate to my wider artistic practice as I am interested in the relationship between form and function. By physically breaking down the forms of these objects, reducing them to their raw parts or materials, I can then reconfigure them within an artistic framework so that they take on new identities. They are elevated from utilitarian objects on the floor to pieces of art on the wall, and I hope through this transformation the viewer can see the forms and materials from a new perspective.