Smoke-Particle Photogram Drawing 005 ceramics while looking at some of

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

Lisbon 2025

His works are admired for a meaningful use of materials as well as a poetic

These photographs are the Particles of Light

Smoke-Particle Photogram Drawing 005 ceramics while looking at some ofEach 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