In early autumn, we collect weathered shale and ochre deposits along coastal rock formations. These gathered minerals are washed, pounded by hand, and ground into coarse archival pigments that anchor our recent canvas series.
By controlling the grain size during grinding, the pigment retains light differently across raw linen surfaces, creating subtle spatial tension under gallery spots.
Recent studio writings
Short essays on architectural scale, raw linen tension, and historical pigment formulations.
Linen tension and spatial margins
Architectural light in museum spaces
The weight of physical mark-making
Examining how hand-stretched flax reacts to humidity shifts and pigment saturation during monumental scale preparation.
A comparative study of directional gallery spotlights versus natural clerestory illumination across large-scale monochrome surfaces.
Notes on brush pressure, graphite density, and the boundary between deliberate gesture and unforced spatial silence.