Project
Charcoal and Chalk: Mixed Media on Paper
Works that sit between drawing and print, shown in the main room
Each sheet in this group begins as a screenprinted ground, then gets worked over by hand until the printed layer is partly buried under charcoal and chalk. Nothing here is a straight print or a straight drawing. The two processes are layered on the same piece of paper, and the balance between them shifts from one work to the next.
The surface reads differently depending on where you stand. Chalk picks up the afternoon light coming through the main room windows, while the charcoal holds shadow and stays flat. Walk a few steps to the side and the same sheet looks quieter.
Paper choice
Heavier cotton rag takes the wet screenprint without cockling, so the sheet stays flat through the drawing stage. Lighter sheets buckle once the ink hits them and are set aside rather than worked on further.
How they are shown
The works hang unframed in the main room so the deckled edges stay visible. A few related studies sit in the flat file for anyone who wants to trace how a composition developed from one sheet to the next.
In the room
The series is part of the gallery's exhibition programme. If you want to see the works in person, or ask about the drawing stage behind a particular sheet, the studio can arrange a walkthrough.