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INK IN BLOOM
Location: United Kingdom
Year: 2026
Category: Print
Inspired by the enduring legacy of fifty years of Harvey Lloyd Screen’s dedication to the art of printmaking, this work emerged from a simple yet transformative event: the moment ink begins to leak. In that instant, control gives way to possibility, and something unforeseen comes alive with its own quiet beauty. This gesture became a metaphor for my own experience throughout the making of the work.
My practice is often drawn to the space between precision and unpredictability—where clean graphic forms encounter the tactile richness of handmade marks. For this piece, I developed a visual dialogue between digitally constructed compositions and the textured surfaces of Truegrain film, which carried traces of pencil and India ink. The process became an exploration of how these contrasting languages could coexist.
A pivotal discovery was finding a way to allow the ink to move freely across the surface while preserving the fragile digital structures beneath. By applying a layer of PVC glue as a masking barrier, I created conditions for the ink to flow organically, revealing unexpected pathways while safeguarding fragments of precision. Through this method, the work evolved as a quiet collaboration between intention and chance, structure and fluidity.
What remains is a reflection on the beauty of surrendering partial control—an acknowledgment that some of the most compelling moments in printmaking, and in creative practice itself, emerge when the material is allowed to speak in its own voice.