Oak, taking various forms, is the primary ingredient of this series. First as bark, scorched by fire to make charcoal black, then as ash deposited below the flames, which makes a light cream hue. Oak galls are taken from the young Oak trees and after soaking for months results in a golden brown tint, which, modified with iron, and exposed to oxygen, turns an indelible green black. Tying these together is a deep luscious brown created from walnut husks collected from the forest floor in late autumn.
The materials use din this piece were gathered from Westmeath and Donegal.
- Subject Matter: Abstract Landscape
- Collections: Arboreal Bind
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