marks on a surface
Marks on a surface is an ongoing body of work that focusses on photographs of marks on temple walls that I have taken during residencies in Kyoto over the past five years.
During 2020 I have created five large book works, each containing images taken from a separate wall in Kyoto. The images are unaltered, and simply show the patterns and cracks caused by damp and age. Printed large scale and on a textured watercolour paper, each page evokes the feeling of standing in front of the wall, and touching its surface. Many of the patterns are intriguing to me, as they resemble physical landscapes, or Japanese/Chinese landscape paintings. Others have the feeling of abstract painting. The images were taken of otherwise unremarkable walls, walls that we might tend to ignore as we pass by, so they also explore the overlooked and the ordinary that we often pass by without noticing.
Please note: if you are based outside the UK and would like to purchase one of these books, please email me first to update the cost for additional postage charges. Thank you. essencepress@btinternet.com
marks on a surface | tofukuji [1]
marks on a surface – tofukuji [1] | h 260mm x w 360mm | six images printed on six facing pages, including cover | printed inkjet on Bockingford watercolour paper, NOT (slightly rough but flexible surface), 190gsm | 2020 | £25 | purchase
marks on a surface | tofukuji [2]
marks on a surface – tofukuji [2] | h 260mm x w 360mm | six images printed on six facing pages, including cover | printed inkjet on Bockingford watercolour paper, NOT (slightly rough but flexible surface), 190gsm | 2020 | £25 | purchase
marks on a surface | kenninji
marks on a surface – kenninji | h 260mm x w 360mm | six images printed on six facing pages, including cover | printed inkjet on Bockingford watercolour paper, NOT (slightly rough but flexible surface), 190gsm | 2020 | £25 | purchase
marks on a surface | myoshinji [1]
marks on a surface – myoshinji [1] | h 260mm x w 360mm | six images printed on six facing pages, including cover | printed inkjet on Bockingford watercolour paper, NOT (slightly rough but flexible surface), 190gsm | 2020 | £25 | purchase
marks on a surface | myoshinji [2]
marks on a surface – myoshinji [2] | h 260mm x w 360mm | eight images printed on six facing pages, including cover | printed inkjet on Bockingford watercolour paper, NOT (slightly rough but flexible surface), 190gsm | 2020 | £25 | purchase
The books will be printed to order, at a cost of £25 each. A boxed set of all five books will be available, for £125. Please email essencepress@btinternet.com if you are interested in this.
polaroids
Mini Polaroids are also part of this project and were featured in The Book of the Sky. The Polaroids were taken during visits to Kyoto in 2016 and 2018.
