I absolutely love simplicity especially in the form of organic minimalism, and am ecstatic to announce a new artist to Ashes & Milk who really captures the essence of this aesthetic.
Eunice Kim creates exquisitely saturated black and white collagraph prints onto chine collé paper. She delicately places each mark by hand to form an intimate map of cellular structures.
Above is Porous, a collection of collagraphy prints with chine collé by Eunice Kim.
Eunice was kind enough to share the details involved in her printmaking progress as well as some really great images of her working in the studio.
She works exclusively in the non-toxic printmaking medium of collagraphy, a process in which materials and textures are adhered to a plate surface, inked, and run through an intaglio press with paper for transfer of image.
Unlike traditional printmaking techniques, each plate has temporary life span. -Therefore each print edition is unique.
Eunice constructs the collagraph plate by putting down the modeling paste marks.
Taking a beautifully restrained approach by choosing to work only with very small dot marks, Eunice meticulously positions modeling paste on the plate surface a single mark at a time. She then carefully shapes each individual dot to height and contour optimal for printing. The dimensional differences of the tiny dots are almost impossible to discern by sight alone; therefore she relies heavily on her sense of touch during this stage.
Each dot is shaped to height and contour optimal for the printing process.
A completed collagraph plate inked, wiped. and ready to print.
[ You can see more of Eunice Kim's work right here. ]
