Prompted by the theme of the Chaiya Art Awards 2023, I drew down my own lived experience of wonder and awe, two distinct but intertwined feelings, into a form and materials that can evoke it visually.
Though the design was shaped purely by crystallising a feeling, I can see in retrospect how it responds both to the wonders of Creation and to the awesomeness beyond, by bringing together abstract geometry and a stylised botanical motif.
The integrity of the materials is very much part of the piece, and required me to dye the paper with indigo. You can see a video of this process below.
Dyeing the paper:
Creation process:
First sketch
Refining the vision
Dyeing the paper
Pouncing
One of eighteen
Cutting the precious!
Asssembling the ring
Prepared transfer sheet
Inner ring
Outer ring
Shell gold for the inner ring
Mordant for the outer ring
Final assembly