Smoke-Particle Photogram Drawing 012 drawing Four weeks of working with

Four weeks of working with clay

2026) at Swan Studios in Shrewsbury

Both the pigeon and I were on the edge of things

signed and dated

(This format is in fact also the proportions of the main panel of the Ghent altarpiece)

Smoke-Particle Photogram Drawing 012 drawing Four weeks of working withEach 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