Artist statement: The photographs in the series Birdlike were made in collaboration with performer Kirsten Packham. Using loose lengths of coloured felt that constantly reshape themselves as she moves, Packham works to ‘live stream’ qualities of her surroundings that would otherwise remain invisible. Our specific focus in these photographs – the location is a paddock on a grazing property in south-western New South Wales – is a small bird, long gone from this place, that was once common there, Pedionomus torquatus, the Plains wanderer. On ground devoid of the native grasses it depended on, we are imagining its reappearance. An avid birdwatcher in real life, I am the observer here, watching and recording, hoping for the unseen to appear.
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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.
