F. Rumination II

“Continued growth pushes the bark outward, causing the outer layer to crack. In some  trees, the dead outer layer peels off and falls off. Take it off” —— Lisan VII #21 

Techniques & Crafts; naturally dyed in Indigofera Tinctoria, native dye plant in Java,  each cotton thread is handwoven on a traditional ATBM floor loom by the artist  himself. Thread counts 3,000 threads /per meter, the cloth is mordanted and blessed  with sea water from the West Coast of Java. Using Cyanotype, (traditional  photography solution) archived photograph of forest ruminations are exposed using  UV daylight, in order to activate the ink solution to transfer. 

Black Cyanotype on Handwoven Indigo dyed cotton.

Framed with reclaimed wood  94 x 63.5 cm 

2021