WHSPR was born on screen, but it didn’t go straight to paper. I turned off the atelier lights, and projected the image through a translucent membrane, an optical buffer that diffused the signal and loosened the pixel grid. Clinical sharpness gave way to the physics of passage.
Printed by the artist on thick, handmade kozo washi, it reads as an object first, and a print second.
The soul is where the light lives.
Paper: 42 × 59.4 cm (16.5 × 23.4")
Image: 33 × 44 cm (13 × 17.3")
Edition: 5 (+1 artist proof retained by the artist)
Printed by the artist with Epson UltraChrome archival pigment inks on thick, handmade 300 gsm kozo (mulberry) washi, formed sheet by sheet using the slow-vat Tamezuki method. The sheet has visible thickness and a natural rigidity. It holds its shape when handled. Long kozo fibres add strength, and the matte surface holds remarkable depth without glare. Left untrimmed with a natural four-sided deckled edge, it reads as an object first, and a print second.
