Grain

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Grain

To “ingrain” is to firmly and absolutely fix unchanging something into a person, yet that same “grain” means the organic, dynamic, and unique nature and character of a person, and used more commonly, to mean the flowing, fluid, or circular grain of wood. The word itself is polysemous and interchangeable. Like the grain of wood, it escapes fixture and framing, as well as conformity and seeks diversity. The prints embody the multi-layeredness and and elusiveness of “grain”, what is “in” the grain” and the process of ingraining that calls for repetition, yet produces unique glitches, gradients, and finally results in different “grains” subjective to each person and thing even with with same block or template. The prints also have a woven quality that alludes to the “grain” of textiles, meaning the direction of threads in a woven fabric and their “ingrain”, composing of fibers dyed with different colors before being woven.

Unframed — framing available upon request (7–10 days lead time).