Embossing
Embossing is the act of decorating an object, often with letters, using specialised tools that create a raised mark on its surface.
Embossing and debossing are techniques used to create either raised or recessed relief images and designs in various materials, including paper. If something’s embossed, the pattern is raised above the surface, while in debossing, it is pressed into the material, sometimes protruding slightly on the opposite side.
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Le Mat
Glistening with rhinestones, glitter and gold, Devan Shimoyama celebrates identity and sexuality in an extension of his Tarot series. Le Mat, translating to The Fool, questions the ways in which gender can be ascertained through the lens of clothes, pattern, colour and demeanour. Though Le Mat is a self-portrait, his figures – or ‘deities’ – are often intentionally androgynous. Holding on tight to the heel of Le Mat is a cat-denom, a recognisable character from the manga series Inuyasha. As well as manga, Shimoyama’s Tarot series draws from two other central sources of inspiration – his Baptist Christian upbringing and the popular Rider-Waite Smith tarot deck, creating a visual language with which to explore identity, race and sexuality. The use of silkscreen glitter inks, gold foil embossing and rhinestones creates a “dazzling illusion” in the same way that drag might on a performer’s body.
Island Creators
Ecological empowerment surges through Camilla Engström’s idyllic islandscape.In Island Creators, warm sunlight catches upon gently puffing volcanoes, soft-edged terrain and shimmering pools of water. Painted in earthy pink tones, a figurative portrait peacefully resides within a volcano, her downcast eyes survey the biomorphic landscape unfolding in front of her. Embossment texturally lifts the smoke trails and rolling hills, whilst gloss is applied to areas of water, enhancing the reflective light cast by the setting sun.“Colours are everything. They’re healing to me.”
Trespassers
James Jean’s Woodcutter meets Haroshi’s GUZO in a first-of-its-kind collaborative print.Once strangers on opposite sides of the world, a kinship between the two artists ensued after noticing similar motifs in their work online. Both were riffing on traditional Japanese woodwork, and ideas for a collaborative edition soon followed.Axe thrown over his shoulder, a defiant Woodcutter emerges from the forest with a freshly-felled GUZO under his arm. Faces look out from the wheels of his rippling skateboard, inspired by the tree-dwelling Kami spirits said to assist hunter-gatherers in Japanese folklore. The distinctive patterning of GUZO's body is derived from recycled skateboards – stacked, glued and carved by Haroshi to create his sculptures – and calls to themes of community and counter-culture."It’s uncertain whether he stole or rescued a much coveted Guzo, but what is clear is that he is a trespasser, and he has an expression of defiance as he pushes his way through a passage less travelled."Each print is produced by Lamina, founded by James Jean and Brad Keech. The embossed prints are delicately finished with metallic foil, placing an emblem for each artist above his signature.
Strawberry Tears
Absurdism, horror, and cultivated arbitrariness meet canonical oil painting in a distorted portrait by Christian Rex van Minnen.Grotesque and yet – somehow – delicious, plump gummy sweets float above a pulled and pinched face, veiled by a tattoo-esque layer of lurid cartoons. With a focus on tonal depth and richness of colour, the edition is printed in 34 distinct layers and finished with gold shimmer. Embossing and gloss varnish cause the gummies to jump forth from their surroundings, to surreal effect.Specks, bubbling and pitting are a conscious choice by the artist, conceived to echo the aged surfaces of the centuries-old Dutch Masters paintings that inspire his work. The irregularities, unique to each print, are achieved by curing layers of ink for less time than usual – an experimental technique developed in collaboration with printmakers at Make-Ready in London.The resulting artwork deftly entwines the precise technicalities of silkscreen printing with its lyrical unpredictability.
Maze (Print)
James Jean balances sophistication and simplicity in a new rendition of Maze, which transforms one of his most enigmatic characters into an edition of 100 prints.
Based on an original painting from 2008, Maze centres on a moment of quiet reflection. Jean took inspiration from Edgar Degas' paintings and sculptures of ballet dancers, adding his own narrative layer. The focal point of the piece, a golden hoop-maze hybrid, is highlighted through foil stamp embossing. Each print's border is embellished with a silver foil design unique to this edition.
Twilight (Yellow)
For Patrick Quarm, painting provides a means to interrogate the multifaceted identities of those – himself included – whose histories exist across multiple, overlapping contexts.Based on a painting from his personal collection, Twilight shows the artist’s nephew in surreal surroundings as a day draws to a close. Hybrid time, space and personhood entwined. Circular holes cut through the upper print reveal a blue underlayer, contrasting two horizontal strips that support the portrait’s figure – hand-finished in vivid blue paint. Twilight (Yellow) is released alongside a twin edition in blue.Inner Visions
Quarm’s prints will be released alongside hand-finished editions by Gisela McDaniel and Khari Turner in the third instalment of curator Larry Ossei-Mensah’s series, Inner Visions.“I'm drawn to the rigour with which Patrick addresses his subjects, and the layered depth of his collaged canvases. It’s exciting to see these layers translated into edition form.” - Larry Ossei-Mensah
Twilight (Blue)
For Patrick Quarm, painting provides a means to interrogate the multifaceted identities of those – himself included – whose histories exist across multiple, overlapping contexts.Based on a painting from his personal collection, Twilight shows the artist’s nephew in surreal surroundings as a day draws to a close. Hybrid time, space and personhood entwined. Circular holes cut through the upper print reveal a blue underlayer, complimenting two horizontal strips that support the portrait’s figure – hand-finished in vivid blue paint. Twilight (Blue) is released alongside a twin edition in yellow.Inner Visions
Quarm’s prints will be released alongside hand-finished editions by Gisela McDaniel and Khari Turner in the third instalment of curator Larry Ossei-Mensah’s series, Inner Visions.“I'm drawn to the rigour with which Patrick addresses his subjects, and the layered depth of his collaged canvases. It’s exciting to see these layers translated into edition form.” – Larry Ossei-Mensah
Yellow Moon
Undulating terrain bathes under moonlight in Camilla Engström’s biomorphic landscape, Yellow Moon.Organic rhythms flow through the artists intuitive composition. Abstract shapes take on figurative forms – tree branches boldly reaching out over rolling mountains. Soothing earth tones nod to Engström's re-connection with the natural world under lockdown. As ever, she paints from the perspective of a visitor in mother nature’s home.
