Hawthorn, Walnut, Ivy, Docktips, Soda, Liquid Iron on Yupo Paper
29.7 x 21 cm

This series was created hawthorn, walnut, ivy and docktip ink, modified using soda and iron which allowed a density of colour to bend and meld on the page. The overlapping layers appear to  intertwine, gradients coming in and out of focus. Up close detailed alchemic processes are frozen on the page. Iron, hawthorn and walnut misted together, dappled and speckled. Soft ivy tones dropped into pools. The hawthorn ink reacts with the soda and iron to make a plum colour which looks almost blushed onto the surface. The dock and hawthorn are similar when raw, but oxidised the dock turns almost purple to the hawthorns red.

The surface is Yupo Paper, an interesting synthetic recyclable material which is completely waterproof. Without the ability to absorb into the surface the pigment is left behind after evaporation. This creates thin veil like layers which can blend and bend across the paper, gathering and depositing hues and tones as it rolls. The final drying process appears to suspend the colour between solid and liquid. 

These works are being sold as part of the ARTIST SUPPORT PLEDGE - a generous culture and dynamic economy in support of artists and makers. Artists and makers sell their work for €200 and once they make €1000 from their work they pledge to buy another artists’ work for €200, reinvesting in their own industry.