Specimen Sheet

Beautiful Mistakes

Traditional · 2021

An eye that weeps into its own hand — a study of the moment a mark becomes a mistake, and the mistake becomes the subject.

Medium
Charcoal and ink on parchment-toned paper
Dimensions
100 × 70 cm
Edition
Edition of 5
Year
2021

Process Diary

Drawn on a single sheet of found parchment in one sitting, with no underdrawing. The ink ran where it wanted to; I followed it instead of correcting it. The hand was meant to be a resting place for the tears, but it began to melt as I worked, until I could not tell the dripping from the drawing. I left it that way.