Smoke-Particle Photogram Drawing 004 ceramics It is stamped with the

It is stamped with the seal I had made in Tokyo in 2009

while looking at some of the materials from which it was created

This one here is taken in Flecheiras

These photographs are the Particles of Light

Smoke-Particle Photogram Drawing 004 ceramics It is stamped with theEach 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