‘Reliquary 1’ by Kathy Mackey shows the bust of a girl who holds a highly decorated mirror against her skin. The work is part of a series of images of young women that juxtapose the potential vulnerability and liminal nature of human skin with metallic objects and reflective surfaces. Like other works in the series, Mackey has composed this image in a way that references medieval reliquary busts. The images in this series reflect Mackey’s long-term interests in travel and pilgrimage as well as memory and material processes of memorialisation.
(2020)
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.
