Smoke-Particle Photogram Drawing 011 drawing This one here is of

This one here is of a young deer in the Alte Fasanerie in Hanau

This one here is from Kensington

A strange dance of darkness and complexity

But in themselves

Smoke-Particle Photogram Drawing 011 drawing This one here is ofEach 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