Char and Cellulose
These works explore the materiality of charcoal, graphite and paper. Images are built from carbon in different phase states: In dry particulate form, charcoal & graphite produce hard edges & solid masses; in waterborne suspension, they create atmosphere & spatial recession. Paper is not mere support but material body: Folded along compositional axes it creates volumes and voids; permeated with liquid wax it fixes previously mobile pigments within a stiffened, light-responsive surface. Creases, warps and tears record pressure & moisture to create a topology that organizes later marks and shapes the spatial logic. Forests are (re)built through physical interactions of their own derivatives: cellulose fiber and carbon media in states of suspension, deposition, and structural change.
