Artist statement: ‘Hiding place’ is based on stories from the Second World War told to me by members of my family in the Netherlands. This work examines how personal history becomes blurred from the first-hand experience and how it is remembered and then re-told.
The artwork combines two techniques; one the photographic image and the other is the narrative created by hand carving the print.
The hiding place in the photographic image is a replica of a dwelling used by Jews and the Dutch resistance. By hand carving into the paper I extend the landscape to look as I imagined, further blurring the lines between memories and stories.
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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.
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