Melt | 2017-2018
carbon & water on watercolour paper, dimensions variable
Melt (2017 - 2018) is a series of original drawings (and some enlarged pigment prints) that derive from experiments made with carbon* and melting ice.
As the ice melts, the carbon seeps through the liquid, tracing the processes of cracking, flooding and evaporation on an intimate scale. The resulting image shows visible traces of carbon that record the dissolution of the body of ice. It invokes the immediacy of geological changes in the Anthropocene, the passing of time and the impact of human-induced climate change on the Earth's polar regions.
'Melt' is part of an ongoing series of experimental drawings made with water and carbon. See also: RAIN and RIVERSTONES
FEATURED IN:
• Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award, Lane Cove Gallery, Sydney - Finalist. 2019
• 'TERRAFORMED' solo exhibition - 220 Creative Space, Sydney. 2018
• Featured in The Ecological Citizen Vol 1 No. 2. 2018
• National Art School Postgraduate Exhibition 2017
• Two original 'Melt' drawings held in the National Art School Archive & Collection, Sydney