Ekphrasis
Large format
bookwork of nine hand-coloured lithographs.
Printed from
stone: images on Simili Japon 225g paper, bronzed text pages on translucent
paper. Case bound with letterpress cover. Drawn, printed, bound, and
published by the artist in an edition of 5 individually coloured copies.
Dimensions 70 x 46cms. 2020.
Through the
narrative threads of language, Ekphrasis considers an intimate relationship
between site and practice. Navigating both the tracks and pathways of local
parkland and the contours of lines drawn on stone, the text dwells on the
analogous acts of inscription in which these worlds converge. Visually hinted
at are 19th century atlases, more specifically referenced is Ogham: a Celtic
alphabet named after trees.
