Smoke-Particle Photogram Drawing 005 ceramics This unique

This unique

Presented as part of the "Marks of Life" Exhibition (3

Shropshire

These photographs are the Particles of Light

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

Smoke-Particle Photogram Drawing 005 ceramics This uniqueEach 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