OISTRE - accordion book of oyster 'drawings'
OISTRE - finalist in the 2025 Burnie Print Art Prize so pleased with this little accordion book - 14 images presented in pages reminiscent of old fashioned photo albums using 250gsm canson and a single oyster shell in a recessed back page. Gold leaf back cover with book cloth on the front cover and an original image of an oyster(s) drawing. OISTRE Artist Statement : Taking an inanimate object, the artist is interested in capturing the essence underlying the visible, to construct a reality as real as anything. The ephemeral nature of the process and the unknowns create an experience not just an object. A mix of intention and chance, Chemigrams, a little known and rarely used process, sits at the intersection of printmaking, drawing and photography. The process and approach belongs to printmaking and drawing/painting, the materials belong to photography without a camera. Using light and time, each image is a unique original and cannot be replicated since n...