Artist statement: My work is made by photographing transient dioramas of loosely arranged found objects. I am interested in the visual illusion and conceptual complexity that can result when found objects are placed together or happen together by chance.
‘Lake’ reimages a certain type of environmental image, using everyday objects from my domestic life that assert themselves as something else as I come across them.
I enjoy the pleasurable tension between the credulity of the illusion and the transparency of one thing standing in for another, as a means of creating recognition and visual pleasure.
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Also known as Giclee prints or bubble-jet prints, pigment ink-jet prints are generated by computer printers from digital or scanned files using dye-based or pigment-based inks. A series of nozzles spray tiny droplets of ink onto the paper surface in a precise pattern that corresponds to the digital image file. In dye-based prints the ink soaks into the paper, whereas in pigment-based prints the ink rests and dries on top of the paper surface.
Whilst the term is broad, pigment ink-jet prints have come to be associated with prints produced on fine art papers. They are the most versatile and archival method of printing available to photographers today. A wide variety of material on which an image can be printed with such inks are available, including various textures and finishes such as matte photo paper, watercolour paper, cotton canvas or pre-coated canvas.